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Galaxy Airlines

Japanese cargo airline

Galaxy Airlines Co. Ltd., (ギャラクシーエアラインズ株式会社, Gyarakushī Earainzu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese cargo airline headquartered in the ARC Building in Ōta, Tokyo. It operated domestic cargo services. Its main base was Tokyo International Airport.2 It ceased to exist in 2008.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1

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Galaxy Airlines Company Airbus300 JA01G
Photo: Carpkazu, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons4

Galaxy Airlines Co. Ltd., (ギャラクシーエアラインズ株式会社, Gyarakushī Earainzu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese cargo airline headquartered in the ARC Building in Ōta, Tokyo. It operated domestic cargo services. Its main base was Tokyo International Airport.2

The story

The airline was established on May 17, 2005, and application for operations was filed with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) in February 2006, with permission to commence operations given in September 2006. On October 31, 2006, services commenced with flights between Tokyo International Airport and Naha Airport in Okinawa and New Kitakyushu Airport in Kyūshū. In December 2006 a second aircraft, an Airbus A300-600F was received, commencing services on April 3, 2007, between Tokyo International Airport, Kansai International Airport in Osaka and New Chitose Airport in Hokkaidō. It had 122 employees in March 2007.

Earlier in the company's life, it was headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

Galaxy Airlines was owned by Sagawa Express (90%) and Japan Airlines (10%) and had 122 employees (at March 2007).

The airline shut down in October 2008.

From Wikipedia’s article on Galaxy Airlines (Japan), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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Destinations

As of October 2008 Galaxy served routes between New Chitose (Hokkaidō), Haneda (Tokyo), Kansai (Osaka Prefecture), New Kitakyūshū (Fukuoka) and Naha (Okinawa) airports.

Fleet

As of October 2008 the Galaxy Airlines Company fleet included

2 Airbus A300-600R Freighter (both being sold since halting operations in October 2008)

From Wikipedia’s article on Galaxy Airlines (Japan), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2008Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2005Founded Founded1

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