Ibex Airlines Co., Ltd. (アイベックスエアラインズ株式会社, Aibekkusu Earainzu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese regional airline headquartered in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan.[1] It operates Japanese domestic services with its main base at Sendai Airport, Natori, Miyagi.[2]
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Founded | 29 January 1999 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 7 August 2000 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 12 | ||||||
Headquarters | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||
Key people | Takao Asai (President) | ||||||
Website | ibexair.co.jp |
The airline was established on 29 January 1999 and started operations on 7 August 2000 between Sendai and Osaka's (Itami Airport) under the name of Fair Inc. It reached a co-operation agreement with All Nippon Airways under which it is provided assistance in capacities including flight operations, flight crew provision, maintenance and engineering services. The airline began service to Tokyo's Narita International Airport in April 2002.[2] In October 2004 the Sendai-based airline changed its name to Ibex Airlines.
Ibex Airlines operates services to the following scheduled destinations within Japan (as of November 2017):
The Ibex Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[3][4]
Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Passengers |
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Bombardier CRJ700NG | 10 | — | 70 |
Total | 10 | — | |
Type of aircraft | RegNo | Serial number | Date | Remarks |
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CRJ700NG | JA05RJ | 10279 | 2009/07/07 | |
JA06RJ | 10303 | 2010/06/04 | ||
JA07RJ | 10327 | 2011/07/11 | ||
JA08RJ | 10333 | 2012/05/28 | ||
JA09RJ | 10334 | 2013/02/27 | ||
JA10RJ | 10340 | 2014/10/08 | ||
JA11RJ | 10344 | 2015/06/23 | ||
JA12RJ | 10345 | 2016/06/28 | ||
JA13RJ | 10346 | 2017/05/30 | ||
JA14RJ | 10347 | 2018/04/30 | Musubimaru [jp] Jet[5] | |
Ibex Airlines previously operated the following aircraft types:
Media related to Ibex Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
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