Oriental Air Bridge Co., Ltd. (オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社, Orientaru Ea Burijji Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Nagasaki Airport and in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.[1] It operates in southern Japan, offering charter services and a scheduled service between Nagasaki and Fukuoka. Its main base is Nagasaki Airport, with a hub at Fukuoka Airport.[2] The airline was established in 1961 as Nagasaki Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001.[2]
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Founded | 1961 (as Nagasaki Airways) | ||||||
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Operating bases | Nagasaki Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Destinations | 5 | ||||||
Headquarters | Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture | ||||||
Website | www.orc-air.co.jp |
Oriental Air Bridge serves the following destinations (as of October 2022):
Country | Island | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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Japan | Kyushu | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Gotō | Fukue Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Iki | Iki Airport | ||
Japan | Honshu | Komatsu | Komatsu Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Miyazaki | Miyazaki Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Nagasaki | Nagasaki Airport | Hub | |
Japan | Tsushima | Tsushima | Tsushima Airport | ||
The Oriental Air Bridge fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2022):[3]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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ATR 42-600 | — | 2 | TBA | First aircraft to be delivered in 2022. To replace Bombardier Dash 8 Q200[4] |
Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 | 2 | — | 39[5] | To be retired JA801B retired and scrapped in September 2022 [6][7] |
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | 3 | — | 74 | Leased from ANA Wings[8][9] |
Oriental Air Bridge has also operated the following aircraft in the past (as of October 2018):
Media related to Oriental Air Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
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