Private company

Manchuria Aviation Company

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Company founded in 19311

Manchuria Aviation Company (traditional Chinese/Kyūjitai: 滿洲航空株式會社; simplified Chinese: 满州航空株式会社; Shinjitai: 満州航空株式会社; Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎnzhōu Hángkōng Zhūshì Huìshè; Wade–Giles: Man3-chou1 Hang2-k'ung1 Chu1-shih4 Hui4-she4 Japanese Hepburn: Manshū Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha, "MKKK") was the national airline of Manchukuo.2 It is part of South Manchuria Railway.1 It ceased to exist in 1945.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1931Founded1
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
Manchukuo National Airways
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Manchuria Aviation Company (traditional Chinese/Kyūjitai: 滿洲航空株式會社; simplified Chinese: 满州航空株式会社; Shinjitai: 満州航空株式会社; Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎnzhōu Hángkōng Zhūshì Huìshè; Wade–Giles: Man3-chou1 Hang2-k'ung1 Chu1-shih4 Hui4-she4 Japanese Hepburn: Manshū Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha, "MKKK")2

Corporate structure

Manchuria Aviation Company is part of a group headed by South Manchuria Railway. 10 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

30x Manshū MT-1 Hayabusa airliner

27x de Havilland DH.80 Pussmoth

15x Messerschmitt Bf 108A/B Taifun liaison aircraft

12x Nakajima AT-2 Thora transports

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10x Mitsubishi MC-20 Topsy transports

10x Junkers Ju 86Z-1 transports/bombers

10x Junkers Ju 86Z-2 transports/bombers

2x Heinkel He 116A communications planes

2x Fokker F.VIIb-3m/M transports

1x Tachikawa Ki-54 Hickory transport

1x de Havilland DH.85 Leopardmoth

1x General Aviation GA-43 transport

?x Tachikawa Type LO Thelma transport (license build Lockheed Model 14-38 Super Electra)

?x Airspeed Envoy (license build Mitsubishi Type Hinazuru transport)

?x Manshū Super Universal (license built Fokker Super Universal)

?x Kawasaki Ki-56 Thalia transport

?x Kokusai Ki-59 transport

From Wikipedia’s article on Manchuria Aviation Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1945Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1931Founded Founded1