was a

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based in the Shiodome City Center complex in Minato,

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. It was a wholly owned

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline, ahead of its main rival flag carrier Japan Airlines. the airline has approximate ...

(ANA). Its main base was Tokyo International Airport.

Code data

In April 2004, Air Nippon adopted ANA flight codes and numbers for all domestic services.

History

The company was founded by ANA,

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and TOA Domestic as in March 1974 and started operations on 10 October 1974. The name ''Air Nippon'' was adopted in 1987, and the abbreviation ANK comes from the full, somewhat redundant name ''Air Nippon

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'' (lit. ''Air Nippon

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.''). It had 12

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aircraft. ANA and Air Nippon used different liveries and IATA codes on domestic flights until April 2004, when Air Nippon adopted ANA livery and ANA flight numbers. As an ANA subsidiary, it is considered a full

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member. However, on

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flights before April 2008, Air Nippon's IATA code EL was still used due to political reasons and these flights are not considered being Star Alliance flights. In 1998 the airline was headquartered in

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, Tokyo. In 2002 Air Nippon was headquartered on the 5th floor of the by Tokyo International Airport in Ōta. Shiodome City Center, which became headquarters of Air Nippon and parent company ANA, opened in 2003. The airline employed 1,686 staff (at March 2007). On 1 October 2010, Air Nippon Network was merged into ANA Wings. On 1 April 2012, Air Nippon was merged to

Destinations

Fleet

The Air Nippon fleet consisted of the following aircraft throughout operations:Air Nippon fleet list at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
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References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Defunct airlines of Japan All Nippon Airways Airlines established in 1987 Airlines disestablished in 2012 Former Star Alliance affiliate members