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Japan Air Commuter

Logo: 日本エアコミューター株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Regional airline of Japan

Japan Air Commuter (JAC) is a Japanese regional airline based in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. It operates feeder services in support of Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways. Its main base is Kagoshima Airport, with focus cities at Itami Airport, Amami Airport and Fukuoka Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1983Founded1
  • Industryaviation1
  • HeadquartersKirishima1
  • Websitewww.jac.co.jp
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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Japan Air Commuter DHC-8-400 (JA841C) (cropped)
Photo: lasta29, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Japan Air Commuter (JAC) is a Japanese regional airline based in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. It operates feeder services in support of Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways. Its main base is Kagoshima Airport, with focus cities at Itami Airport, Amami Airport and Fukuoka Airport. JAC is owned by Japan Airlines (60%) and 12 local municipalities of the Amami Islands and Kagoshima (40%).2

Corporate structure

Japan Air Commuter is part of a group headed by Japan Airlines. 15 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The airline was established on 1 July 1983 and started operations in December 1983. A joint investment plan with public and private investors in fourteen Kagoshima Prefecture municipalities established Japan Air Commuter. At the time JAC was an affiliate of Toa Domestic Airlines, later known as Japan Air System. Japan Air System later merged into Japan Airlines.

In the 1990s JAC had its headquarters in the Kagoshima Airport Building Annex in Mizobe, Aira District, Kagoshima Prefecture.

In October 2019, JAC, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Oriental Air Bridge, and Amakusa Airlines formed Essential Air Service Alliance LLP (EAS LLP), a limited liability partnership, as an alliance among the three Kyushu regional carriers, with the aim of consolidating safety and technical operations, sales promotions, procurement, personnel, and other functions. JAC began code sharing with All Nippon Airways in October 2022, with certain flights carrying both ANA and JAL flight numbers.

JAC joined Oneworld as an affiliate member in October 2020.

From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Air Commuter, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Destinations

Japan Air Commuter operates to the following destinations (as of January 2020):

Codeshare agreements

Japan Air Commuter has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

All Nippon Airways

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2026, Japan Air Commuter operates the following aircraft:

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Former fleet

As of August 2025, Japan Air Commuter operated 9 ATR 42-600 and 2 ATR 72-600.

Japan Air Commuter also previously operated the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Air Commuter, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1983Founded Founded1

Sources

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