Japan Transocean Air <!--Please refrain from adding the Japanese name to this section, as it have already been clearly specified in the Infobox. Reiterating the native name in the Lede is unnecessary and redundant.-->(JTA) is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport. From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as Southwest Air Lines.

History

thumb|A former Southwest Air Lines [[Boeing 737-200]]

thumb|right|A former JTA [[Boeing 737-400 in former Southwest Air Lines livery at Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya, Japan (2013)]]

thumb|A former JTA [[Boeing 737-400 (2004)]]

The airline was established on 20 June 1967 as , and started operations in July 1967. It changed its name in July 1993. It had 814 employees (in March 2023) and is owned by Japan Airlines (51.1%), Naha Airport Terminal (17%), Okinawa Prefecture (12.9%) and others (19.1%)

Destinations

, Japan Transocean Air flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:

{|class="sortable wikitable"

|-

! Country

! Island

! City

! Airport

! Notes

! Refs

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|rowspan="17"|Japan||rowspan="6"|Honshu||Komatsu||Komatsu Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|Nagoya||Chubu Centrair International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|Okayama||Okayama Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|rowspan="2"|Osaka||Kansai International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|Itami Airport||||align=center|

|-

|Tokyo||Haneda Airport||||align=center|

|-

|rowspan="2"|Kyushu||Fukuoka||Fukuoka Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|Kagoshima||Kagoshima Airport||||align=center|

|-

|rowspan="7"|Ryukyu Islands||rowspan="2"|Ishigaki||Ishigaki Airport||||align=center|

|-

|New Ishigaki Airport||||align=center|

|-

|Kumejima||Kumejima Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|Miyakojima||Miyako Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|-

|Naha||Naha Airport||||align=center|

|-

|Shimojishima||Shimojishima Airport||||align=center|

|-

|Yonaguni||Yonaguni Airport||||align=center|

|-

|rowspan="2"|Shikoku||Kōchi||Kōchi Airport||||align=center|

|-

|Matsuyama||Matsuyama Airport||||align=center|

|-

|Taiwan||—||Taipei||Taoyuan International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

|}

Codeshare agreements

Japan Transocean Air currently has a codeshare agreement with the following airlines:

  • Japan Airlines

Interline agreements

Japan Transocean Air also has interline agreement with the following airlines:

  • Hawaiian Airlines
  • Emirates

Fleet

Current fleet

thumb|JTA [[Boeing 737-800]]

, Japan Transocean Air operates the following aircraft:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto;text-align:center"

|+ Japan Transocean Air fleet

|-

! rowspan="2" | Aircraft Type

! rowspan="2" | In fleet

! rowspan="2" | Orders

! colspan="3" | Passengers

! rowspan="2" | Notes

|-

!

!

!Total

|-

|Boeing 737-800

|14

|&mdash;

|20

|145

|165

| Shared operation with JAL.

|-

!Total

!14

!&mdash;

!colspan="4"|

|}

Former fleet

Japan Transocean Air has previously operated the following aircraft:

  • NAMC YS-11

References