Air Nippon (エアーニッポン) is a fully-owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). It flies to destinations within Japan and, for political reasons, international flights to Taiwan.

History

The company was founded by ANA as Nippon Kinkyori Kōkū (日本近距離航空, lit. "Japan Short-Distance Airline") in March 1973. The name Air Nippon was adopted in 1987, and the abbreviation ANK comes from the full, somewhat redundant name Air Nippon Kōkū ("Air Nippon Airline").

ANA and Air Nippon used different liveries and IATA codes until April 2004, when Air Nippon adopted ANA livery and ANA flight numbers for all its flights. As a part of ANA, it is considered a full Star Alliance member.

The subsidiary airline Air Nippon Network was established in 2002 to operate Air Nippon's local turboprop routes from Tokyo, Osaka and Sapporo.

Former code data

Air Nippon used the following codes until April 2004.

• IATA Code: EL
• ICAO Code: ANK
• Callsign: Ank Air

Fleet

The Air Nippon fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2005):

• 2 Airbus A320-200
• 2 Boeing 737-400
• 15 Boeing 737-500
• 2 Boeing 767-300

External links

• Air Nippon
• Air Nippon Fleet Detail