New Japan Aviation
New Japan Aviation, also known as Shinnikkō 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.NJA suspended the route for eleven days in July 2012 after its Islander aircraft struck a car while taxiing at Niigata Airport. 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. The service resumed in August 2013. It is the only airline currently providing scheduled service to Sado Island, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past.
On 28 March 2014, New Japan Aviation announced that it would suspend its Sado route. NJA has not resumed the route since then.
Scheduled destinations
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