Private company

Oriental Air Bridge

Logo: オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese airline

Oriental Air Bridge Co., Ltd. (オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社, Orientaru Ea Burijji Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese regional airline headquartered on the grounds of Nagasaki Airport in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It operates regional services to the islands within Nagasaki Prefecture and also operates domestic services from Fukuoka and Nagoya with ANA Wings aircraft.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 12, 1961Founded1
Orc dash8 2
Photo: ShuttleDiscovery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Oriental Air Bridge Co., Ltd. (オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社, Orientaru Ea Burijji Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese regional airline headquartered on the grounds of Nagasaki Airport in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It operates regional services to the islands within Nagasaki Prefecture and also operates domestic services from Fukuoka and Nagoya with ANA Wings aircraft.2

The story

The airline was established on June 12, 1961 as Nagasaki Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001.

In late 2022, ORC received its first of two ATR 42-600 which are scheduled to replace their Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 fleet.

From Wikipedia’s article on Oriental Air Bridge, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Destinations

Oriental Air Bridge serves the following destinations (as of January 2023):

Codeshare agreements

Oriental Air Bridge has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

All Nippon Airways

Japan Airlines

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Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2026, Oriental Air Bridge operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

As of August 2025, Oriental Air Bridge operated 2 ATR 72-600.

Oriental Air Bridge has also operated the following aircraft types in the past:

Bombardier Dash 8 Q100

Bombardier Dash 8 Q200

4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander

From Wikipedia’s article on Oriental Air Bridge, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Jun 12, 1961Founded Founded1