First Flying
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| Founded | June 14, 1966 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Yao Airport Hiroshima-Nishi Airport Naha Airport New Ishigaki Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 18 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Yao Airport | ||||||
| Website | dai1air.com | ||||||
First Flying Co., Ltd. (第一航空株式会社, Dai-Ichi Kōkū Kabushiki-Gaisha) is an air carrier based at Yao Airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It operates interisland passenger service in Okinawa Prefecture and provides sightseeing flights, flight training, a flying club and other irregular services at Yao Airport and Hiroshima-Nishi Airport.
Destinations
[edit]First Flying's service in Okinawa and New Ishigaki follows a timetable, therefore flights may be cancelled if there are no passengers.
First Flying resumed service between New Ishigaki Airport, Hateruma Airport and Tarama Airport in January 2024 using Twin Otter aircraft.[1]
Fleet
[edit]First Flying operates[when?] the following fleet:[2]
| Aircraft | Total |
|---|---|
| Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander | 3 |
| Cessna 208 | 3 |
| Cessna 206 | 3 |
| Cessna 172 | 5 |
| Robinson R44 | 2 |
| Robinson R22 | 2 |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 Twin Otter | 2 (as of August 2019)[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "波照間、空路が再開 15年2カ月ぶり 第一航空が就航".
- ^ "第一航空株式会社". Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 18.
External links
[edit]- First Flying website (in Japanese)
