Air Japan
Air Japan Co., Ltd. (???????????, Kabushiki-gaisha E? Japan; branded as Air Japan) is a Japanese airline headquartered at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba. Initially founded in 1990 as a charter airline, it transitioned to a scheduled carrier in 2000, operating flights on behalf of its parent company, All Nippon Airways. In 2022, ANA Group established AirJapan, a low-cost medium-haul brand operated by Air Japan. On October 30, 2025, the company announced that it would suspend all AirJapan brand flight operations, effective March 28, 2026, as a result of restructuring. ANA Group confirmed that Air Japan, the operating company, will continue to operate ANA brand international flights.
Key facts
History
Early years
Air Japan was established as World Air Network on June 29, 1990, and became the charter airline arm of All Nippon Airways (ANA), but suspended operations on September 1, 1995. On July 5, 2000, World Air Network was renamed Air Japan, and began operating services under the ANA brand. It relaunched service as a scheduled airline on January 1, 2001; its first flight departed from Osaka to Seoul, South Korea with a Boeing 767-300 transferred from ANA.
On April 2, 2010, it was announced that Air Japan and ANA & JP Express would merge, with Air Japan being the surviving company. In taking over the operations of ANA & JP Express, which operated Boeing 767 cargo aircraft, Air Japan subsequently began operating both the passenger and cargo version of the Boeing 767. It would continue operating Boeing 767s on behalf of ANA, before beginning to operate Boeing 787s on behalf of ANA as well in 2018.
Redevelopment
On March 8, 2022, ANA unveiled plans to transform Air Japan into a low-cost medium-haul carrier, with flights to be launched in the second half of the 2023 fiscal year. It was launched with the slogan Fly Thoughtful, and its brand name was restyled and revised to AirJapan. Up to this point, Air Japan had shared the same callsign with All Nippon Airways on all flights except routes to and from Seoul Incheon, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Honolulu, which used the Air Japan call sign.
On March 9, 2023, ANA announced that Air Japan would be servicing flights to and from Southeast Asia starting in February 2024, using Boeing 787s in an all-economy class layout. The airline is intended to be ANA's rival to Japan Airlines' Zipair Tokyo, which competes in the same sector. Later that year, Air Japan's first destination from its Tokyo Narita hub was announced as Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, beginning on February 9, 2024, marking the airline's inaugural flight as a low-cost airline.
Cessation of AirJapan brand
Air Japan announced on October 30, 2025 that it would cease all operations of the AirJapan brand effective March 28, 2026. The decision is a result of restructuring of its parent company All Nippon Airways. Air Japan, the operating company that manages flights for the ANA and AirJapan brands, will continue to operate ANA brand international flights.
Its airports
Its main hubs
Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.
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