This is a list of defunct airlines of Japan.[1][2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Founded | Ceased operations |
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Air Central | ![]() | NV | CRF | AIR CENTRAL | 1988 | 2010 | Merged with Air Next and Air Nippon Network to form ANA Wings |
Air Hokkaido | ADK | AIR DREAM | 1994 | 2006 | |||
Air Next | ![]() | 7A | NXA | BLUE-DOLPHIN | 2004 | 2010 | Merged with Air Central and Air Nippon Network to form ANA Wings |
Air Nippon | ![]() | EL | ANK | ANK AIR | 1987 | 2012 | Merged into All Nippon Airways |
Air Nippon Network | ![]() | EH | AKX | ALPHA WING | 2002 | 2010 | Merged with Air Central and Air Next to form ANA Wings |
AirAsia Japan (Part 1) | ![]() | DJ | WAJ | WING ASIA | 2011 | 2013 | Rebranded as Vanilla Air |
AirAsia Japan (Part 2) | DJ | WAJ | WING ASIA | 2017 | 2020 | ||
ANA & JP Express | ![]() | 9N | AJV | AYJAY CARGO | 2006 | 2010 | Merged into Air Japan |
Fuji Air Lines | 1952 | 1964 | Merged with Nitto Airlines and North Japan Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines | ||||
Fujita Airlines | 1956 | 1963 | Merged into All Nippon Airways | ||||
Galaxy Airlines | J7 | GXY | GALAX | 2005 | 2008 | ||
Harlequin Air | JH | HLQ | HARLEQUIN | 1997 | 2005 | Affiliate of Japan Air System, now part of Japan Airlines | |
Imperial Japanese Airways | 1938 | 1945 | |||||
Japan Airlines Domestic | ![]() | JL | JFL | J-BIRD | 2004 | 2006 | Merged into Japan Airlines |
Japan Asia Airways | ![]() | EG | JAA | ASIA | 1975 | 2008 | Merged into Japan Airlines |
Japan Domestic Airlines | ![]() | 1964 | 1971 | Merged with Toa Airways to form Toa Domestic Airlines | |||
JAL Express | ![]() | JC | JEX | JANEX | 1997 | 2014 | Integrated into Japan Airlines |
JALways | ![]() | JO | JAZ | JALWAYS | 1991 | 2010 | Merged into Japan Airlines |
Japan Air System | JD | JAS | AIR SYSTEM | 1988 | 2004 | Rebranded as Japan Airlines Domestic | |
Japan Air Transport | ![]() | 1928 | 1938 | Merged into Imperial Japanese Airways | |||
Japan Universal System Transport | ![]() | YU | JST | 1991 | 1996 | ||
Kansai Airlines | |||||||
Kyokushin Air | KOK | 2008 | |||||
Link Airs | 2012 | 2014 | Went bankrupt and never launched | ||||
Nakanihon Airlines | ![]() | 1998 | 2005 | Commuter division of Nakanihon Air Service, rebranded as Air Central | |||
Nitto Airlines | 1955 | 1964 | Merged with Fuji Air Lines and North Japan Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines | ||||
North Japan Airlines | 1962 | 1964 | Merged with Fuji Air Lines and Nitto Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines | ||||
Orange Cargo | ORJ | ORANGE CARGO | 2002 | 2004 | Went bankrupt | ||
Skynet Asia Airways | ![]() | LQ | SNJ | 1997 | 2011 | Rebranded as Solaseed Air | |
Southwest Air Lines | ![]() | NU | SWL | 1967 | 1993 | Rebranded as Japan Transocean Air | |
Toa Airways | TAW | TOA DOMES | 1953 | 1971 | Merged with Japan Domestic Airlines to form Toa Domestic Airlines | ||
Toa Domestic Airlines | ![]() | JD | TDA | 1971 | 1988 | Rebranded as Japan Air System | |
Vanilla Air | ![]() | JW | VNL | VANILLA | 2013 | 2019 | Merged into Peach Aviation |
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