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Founded | 21 June 1961 | (as Nagasaki Airways)||||||
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Operating bases | Nagasaki Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 [1] | ||||||
Destinations | 8 | ||||||
Headquarters | Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture | ||||||
Key people | Tsunakuni Ōhitogata ( CEO) [2] | ||||||
Website | orc-air.co.jp |
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. [3] It operates regional services to the islands within Nagasaki Prefecture and also operates domestic services from Fukuoka and Nagoya.
The airline was established on June 12, 1961 as Nagasaki Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001. [4]
In late 2022, ORC received its first of two ATR 42-600 which are scheduled to replace their Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 fleet. [5]
Oriental Air Bridge serves the following destinations (as of January 2023):
Country | Island | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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Japan | Honshu | Akita | Akita Airport |
[6] | |
Japan | Kyushu | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Gotō | Fukue Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Iki | Iki Airport | ||
Japan | Honshu | Komatsu | Komatsu Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Miyazaki | Miyazaki Airport | ||
Japan | Kyushu | Nagasaki | Nagasaki Airport | Hub | |
Japan | Honshu | Nagoya | Nagoya–Centrair | [6] | |
Japan | Tsushima | Tsushima | Tsushima Airport |
As of February 2024, the Oriental Air Bridge fleet consists of the following aircraft: [1]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers [1] | Notes |
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ATR 42-600 | 2 | — | 48 | |
Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 | 1 | — | 39 | To be phased out. [7] [8] [9] |
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | 4 | — | 74 | |
Total | 8 | — |
Oriental Air Bridge has also operated the following aircraft types in the past:[ citation needed]
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