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Шаблон:Nihongo, or HAC, is a regional airline that operates scheduled services in Hokkaidō and Aomori Prefecture, Japan[1] from a main base of operations at Okadama Airport in Higashi-ku, Sapporo.[2] It is a private company controlled by Japan Airlines, with 86 employees as of July 2018.[3]

History

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A former Hokkaido Air System Saab 340 in adapted Japan Air System livery
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A former Hokkaido Air System Saab 340 in adapted livery of Japan Airlines.
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The terminal building of Okadama Airport, the location of the former HAC headquarters

The airline was established in 1997, and started operations in 1998. Founded as a joint venture with the Hokkaido government and regional municipalities and businesses, it was an affiliate of Japan Air System until that airline consolidated into Japan Airlines.[4] Its headquarters were at one time located in the Terminal Building of New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Hokkaidō, Japan.[5]

HAC's initial routes in 1998 were Chitose-Hakodate, Hakodate-Asahikawa, Hakodate-Kushiro and Asahikawa-Kushiro, followed by Chitose-Kushiro and Hakodate-Memanbetsu in 1999 and Hakodate-Sendai in 2001. It began Okadama service in 2003 with service to Hakodate and Kushiro, for a total of nine routes. HAC also served Monbetsu from Chitose and Okadama in 2005–06.[6] Air Hokkaido ceased operations on 31 March 2006 and its sole route, Hakodate-Okushiri, was taken over the next day by Hokkaido Air System.[7]

HAC left the Japan Airlines group at the end of fiscal year 2010 (March 2011) as part of the corporate restructuring of JAL. JAL retained a 14% stake in the airline, making it the second-largest shareholder after the Hokkaido prefectural government.[8] Japan Airlines ceased ticket handling and reservation services for HAC flights effective September 1, 2011.[9] The Hokkaido prefectural government and various local governments continued to subsidize HAC services to various smaller cities in the prefecture.[10]

HAC recorded losses of 296 million yen and had negative equity of 116 million yen in the fiscal year ending March 2013, and took several measures to improve its performance, including resuming codesharing with JAL and starting service from Sapporo to Misawa in July 2013.[10] It was revealed in August 2013 that Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers in the Hokkaido government had been pushing JAL to once again take over HAC.[8] As of December, JAL and the Hokkaido government were reportedly in negotiations to make HAC a subsidiary of JAL, as part of which JAL and Hokkaido government would each pay off half of HAC's excess debt, with the Hokkaido government possibly doing so by cancelling part of its 360 million yen loan claim against the airline.[11] The transaction was announced in October 2014.[12] In October 2016, HAC consolidated its flight numbers and reservations system with the JAL group.[13]

Destinations

Hokkaido Air System operates services to the following destinations:[1]

City Airport Notes Refs
Sapporo Okadama Airport Шаблон:Airline hub
Rishirifuji Rishiri Airport
Memanbetsu Memanbetsu Airport
Kushiro Kushiro Airport
Hakodate Hakodate Airport
Okushiri Okushiri Airport
Misawa Misawa Airport
Nemuro-Nakashibetsu Nemuro Nakashibetsu Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

Шаблон:As of, Hokkaido Air System operates the following aircraft:[14]

Hokkaido Air System fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 42-600 4 1Шаблон:Cn 48
Total 4 1

Former fleet

Hokkaido Air System has previously operated the following aircraft:

Hokkaido Air System former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement
Saab 340B 3[14] 1998 2021 ATR 42-600

References

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External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 "Route Map." Hokkaido Air System.
  2. "会社概要." Hokkaido Air System. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. "〒007-0880 札幌市東区丘珠町 丘珠空港内"
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  4. "2002/11/15 Interim Financial Information Шаблон:Webarchive." Japan Airlines.
  5. "会社概要." Hokkaido Air System. Retrieved on May 19, 2009. "本社事務所 : 千歳市美々新千歳空港ターミナルビル内"
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  8. 8,0 8,1 Шаблон:Cite news
  9. "Termination of JAL reservation and ticket handling for flights operated by HAC (Hokkaido Air System) Шаблон:Webarchive." Japan Airlines. Retrieved on July 21, 2011.
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