Galaxy Airlines (Japan)
{{Short description|Former cargo airline}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2007}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline=Galaxy Airlines
| logo=Galaxy Airlines Japan.png
| logo_size=150
| IATA=J7
| ICAO=GXY
| callsign=GALAX
| parent=SG Holdings Co., Ltd.
| founded=2005
| ceased=2008
| headquarters=Chiyoda, Tokyo
Ōta, Tokyo
| key_people=Teruo Wakasa (President)
| hubs=Haneda (Tokyo)
| fleet_size=2
| destinations=New Chitose, Kansai, New Kitakyushu,
| website= [https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.galaxy-airlines.com/english/index.html galaxy-airlines.com]
}}
File:Galaxy Airlines Company Airbus300 JA01G.JPG
{{Nihongo|Galaxy Airlines Co. Ltd.,|ギャラクシーエアラインズ株式会社|Gyarakushī Earainzu Kabushiki-gaisha}} was a Japanese cargo airline headquartered in the ARC Building in Ōta, Tokyo."[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012041001/http://www.galaxy-airlines.com/english/contact/index.html Head Office & Regional Office Information]." Galaxy Airlines. Retrieved on May 20, 2009. It operated domestic cargo services. Its main base was Tokyo International Airport.{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 85 | date= 2007-04-03}}
History
The airline was established on May 17, 2005, and application for operations was filed with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) in February 2006, with permission to commence operations given in September 2006. On October 31, 2006, services commenced with flights between Tokyo International Airport and Naha Airport in Okinawa and New Kitakyushu Airport in Kyūshū. In December 2006 a second aircraft, an Airbus A300-600F was received, commencing services on April 3, 2007, between Tokyo International Airport, Kansai International Airport in Osaka and New Chitose Airport in Hokkaidō. It had 122 employees in March 2007.
Earlier in the company's life, it was headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo."[https://web.archive.org/web/20060501171135/http://www.galaxy-airlines.com/company.html 会社概要]." Galaxy Airlines. May 1, 2006. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
Galaxy Airlines was owned by Sagawa Express (90%) and Japan Airlines (10%) and had 122 employees (at March 2007).
The airline shut down in October 2008.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
Destinations
As of October 2008 Galaxy served routes between New Chitose (Hokkaidō), Haneda (Tokyo), Kansai (Osaka Prefecture), New Kitakyūshū (Fukuoka) and Naha (Okinawa) airports.
Fleet
As of October 2008 the Galaxy Airlines Company fleet included [http://www.galaxy-airlines.com/ Galaxy Airlines website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230091045/http://www.galaxy-airlines.com/ |date=December 30, 2005 }}
- 2 Airbus A300-600R Freighter (both being sold since halting operations in October 2008)
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.galaxy-airlines.com/english/index.html Company website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.galaxy-airlines.com/ Company website (in Japanese)]
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Category:Defunct airlines of Japan
Category:Airlines established in 2005
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Category:Defunct cargo airlines