JCAS Airways
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| 設立 | 2023年6月21日[1] | |||
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| ハブ空港 | Kansai International Airport | |||
| 本拠地 | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | |||
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| 外部リンク | https://www.jcas.co.jp/ | |||
JCAS Airways Co, Ltd (株式会社ジェイキャスエアウェイズ) is a Japanse startup airline planning on operating flights out of Kansai International Airport to regional airports serving the Hokuriku region and San'in region. Specifically, the first airports the airline plans to serve are Toyama Airport and Yonago Kitaro Airport.[2] They plan to do so with an ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft.[3][4]
History
[編集]After a career at Japan Airlines between April 1975 and May 1997, being involved in the successful launch of Skymark Airlines in 2001 and having his own aviation consulting firm 'Conobby's Consulting Co., Ltd' , founder and current CEO Seiji Shirane established 'JCAS Corporation' in October 2018. After the initial route selection was announced in 2019, the airlines target was to launch by autumn 2021. However, that timeline has since been delayed, one of the largest contributing factors being the COVID-19 pandemic[要出典]. The company then officially rebranded to 'JCAS Airways Co, Ltd' in 2023 due to changes in the management systems resulting in the co-representative CEO position as is current within the company.[2]
In a statement made by Seiji Shirane, he pointed out that the current aviation infrastructure, which is centered around Haneda Airport, is insufficient to connect the Kansai region and Chūbu region.[5][6] Furthermore, in case of natural disasters, Shirane mentions the importance of of having other means of transportation than the existing rail network.[5][7]
Fleet
[編集]Current fleet
[編集]2024年7月現在[update], JCAS Airways operates the following aircraft:
| Aircraft Type | In fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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| Y | Total | ||||
| ATR 72-600 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 72[要出典] | LOI for one aircraft signed[3][4][6] |
| Total | 0 | 1 | |||
At the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 JCAS Airways signed a Letter of intent (LOI) for a single ATR 72-600 aircraft from Singapore-based aircraft lessor Aviation PLC.[3][4]
- ^ “Company Profile”. 26 July 2024閲覧。
- ^ a b “JCAS Airways（ジェイキャスエアウェイズ）｜日本のローカルが、もっと活きる路を。”. www.jcas.co.jp (2023年12月27日). 2024年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ a b c Beresnevičius, Rytis (2024年7月25日). “Japan’s JCAS Airways Signs For A New ATR 72-600 At Farnborough Airshow” (英語). Simple Flying. 2024年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ a b c “Avation places new ATR 72-600 at Japan's JCAS Airways” (英語). ATR. 2024年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ a b “Noto, Toyama-Kansai route planned by JCAS Airlines, fall 2021” (日本語). Chunichi. (2019年10月29日). オリジナルの2019年10月31日時点におけるアーカイブ。 2024年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ a b “Japanese start-up JCAS Airways signs LOI for one ATR 72-600 with Avation PLC” (英語). Japan Aviation Hub. 2024年7月26日閲覧。
- ^ “Briefing on the establishment of an airline in Toyama, with a view to launching services at KIX in 2021 fall at fares comparable to those of an express airline”. Aviation Wire. 2024年7月26日閲覧。