Air Nippon Network

**Air Nippon Network** (エアーニッポンネットワーク, *Eā Nippon Nettowāku*)
Founded	May 2001
Commenced operations	1 July 2002
Ceased operations	2010
Operating bases	New Chitose Airport;
Fleet size	19 aircraft
Destinations	See Destinations below
Parent company	Air Nippon
Headquarters	Tokyo International Airport Tokyo, Japan; Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Air Nippon Network (エアーニッポンネットワーク, Eā Nippon Nettowāku),^[1] or A-net, was an airline based on the grounds of Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.^[2]

It operated feeder services for parent Air Nippon, itself a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base was New Chitose Airport.^[3] On October 1, 2010, Air Nippon Network, Air Next and Air Central were merged and rebranded as ANA Wings.

History edit

The airline was established in May 2001 to operate Air Nippon's local feeder routes from Tokyo and Sapporo. It started operations on 1 July 2002 using three Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. In December 2003 4 more Dash 8s joined to replace Boeing 737 aircraft operated from Osaka by Air Nippon.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2004 Air Nippon Network was headquartered in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.^[4]

Air Nippon Network had 400 employees (at March 2007).^[3]

Destinations edit

Domestic destinations included:^[5]

Hokkaidō edit

Kantō edit

Kansai edit

Hyōgo Prefecture
- Osaka International Airport is partly in Hyōgo Prefecture and partly in Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
- Osaka
  - Osaka International Airport (Itami) is partly in Hyōgo Prefecture and partly in Osaka Prefecture
  - Kansai International Airport

Shikoku edit

Kyūshū edit

Okinawa edit

Naha Airport

International destinations included

Fleet edit

The Air Nippon Network fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of June 2008):^[3]

References edit

^ Airline Codes
^ "会社概要" (). Air Nippon Network. Retrieved on May 20, 2009. "本社所在地東京都大田区羽田空港3-3-2"
^ ^a ^b ^c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 64.
^ "会社概要." Air Nippon Network. April 6, 2004. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
^ [1] Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine 運航路線 and "Corporation". Archived from the original on 2004-04-06. Retrieved 2004-04-06. 会社概要

External links edit

Air Nippon Network

[1] Airline Codes

[2] "会社概要" (). Air Nippon Network. Retrieved on May 20, 2009. "本社所在地東京都大田区羽田空港3-3-2"

[FI-3] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 64.

[4] "会社概要." Air Nippon Network. April 6, 2004. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.

[5] [1] Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine 運航路線 and "Corporation". Archived from the original on 2004-04-06. Retrieved 2004-04-06. 会社概要

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