New Japan Aviation

Japanese aviation services company

New Japan Aviation
新日本航空
Shin Nihon Kōkū

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
--	NJA	SHIN NIHON

Founded

July 1969

Fleet size

Destinations

Headquarters

Kagoshima Airport, Japan

Website

newj.co.jp

New Japan Aviation (新日本航空, Shin Nihon Kōkū), also known as Shinnikkō (新日航) or NJA, is a Japanese aviation services company that operates scheduled air service between Niigata and Sado Island, as well as flight training and other services from its headquarters at Kagoshima Airport.

History

NJA began scheduled service between Niigata and Sado in February 2011.^[1] NJA suspended the route for eleven days in July 2012 after its Islander aircraft struck a car while taxiing at Niigata Airport.^[2] NJA suspended the route again in February 2013 due to a faulty generator indicator on its Islander aircraft, which could only be fixed by importing special components.^[3] The service resumed in August 2013.^[4] It is the only airline currently providing scheduled service to Sado Island, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past.^[5]

Scheduled destinations

Niigata Airport
Sado Airport

Non-scheduled destinations / Charter flights

Kagoshima Airport
Satsuma Iōjima Airport
Miyazaki Airport
Kumamoto Airport
Amakusa Airport
Kitakyushu Airport
Nagasaki Airport
Oita Airport

Fleet

Four Cessna 172
One Britten-Norman Islander

References

^ "佐渡/新潟に新日本航空が就航へ-整備士の募集開始". FlyTeam.jp. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
^ "新日本航空、新潟/佐渡線の運航を再開-7月14日から". FlyTeam.jp. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
^ "新日本航空、メーターの故障で10月5日から新潟/佐渡線を運休". FlyTeam.jp. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
^ "新日本航空、新潟/佐渡線の運航を再開 1ヶ月半は1往復運航". FlyTeam.jp. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
^ "佐渡空港". Niigata Prefectural Government. Retrieved 21 January 2014.