ANA And Japan Airlines Partner With Smaller Airlines To Boost Domestic Regional Connectivity
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines will start codesharing on some regional airlines each has never codeshared with before, as part of a broad industry wide effort to maintain passenger volumes on routes serving Japan’s smaller outlying islands. ANA…
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge To Only Start Operating ATR Mid-2023, Discloses First ATR Routes
Oriental Air Bridge, which signed a firm order on 19 July at the Farnborough Airshow for one ATR 42-600, has confirmed the aircraft is to be delivered in October but will only go into operation about seven months after that….
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Still Plans To Order Second ATR 42
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge, which plans to retire its three De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200s, remains committed to purchasing a second ATR 42-600 after signing an order this week for the first. An Oriental Air Bridge spokesman tells…
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Plans Sightseeing Biofuel Flights
Updated to correct that the scenic flight will run on a biofuel blend instead of 100% biofuel in the fourth paragraph. Japanese regional carrier Oriental Air Bridge is partnering with Japanese biofuel producer Euglena and the Japanese travel agency…
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Buying Two New ATR 42-600s
Updated with latest details on delivery schedule for ATR 42-600 and clarified that the ATR 42-600s are purchased rather than leased. Also clarified details with regards to pilot qualifications sought. Japanese regional carrier Oriental Air Bridge is buying two…
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Replacing De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200s with ATR 42-600s
Japanese domestic carrier Oriental Air Bridge is replacing its 39-seat De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200 fleet with ATR 42-600s starting next year. The Nagasaki-based carrier says in a statement it is adding two ATR 42-600s with the first…
