Oriental Air Bridge

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Oriental Air Bridge Co., Ltd.
オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社

| logo = ORC's new logo.png

| logo_size = 150px

| image = JA802B.jpg

| IATA = OC

| ICAO = ORC

| callsign = ORIENTAL BRIDGE

| hubs = Nagasaki Airport

| parent =

| founded = {{Start date and age|1961|06|21|df=y}} (as Nagasaki Airways)

| headquarters = Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture

| key_people = Tsunakuni Ōhitogata (CEO){{Cite web|title= 社長ご挨拶|url=https://www.orc-air.co.jp/company/|access-date=2023-09-20|website=オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社|language=ja}}

| fleet_size = 7

| destinations = 8

| website = [https://www.orc-air.co.jp orc-air.co.jp]

}}

{{nihongo|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.{{Cite web|title= 会社案内|url=https://www.orc-air.co.jp/company/|access-date=2023-09-20|website=オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社|language=ja}} It operates regional services to the islands within Nagasaki Prefecture and also operates domestic services from Fukuoka and Nagoya.

History

The airline was established on June 12, 1961 as Nagasaki Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001.{{Cite web|title= 会社案内 (事業の沿革)|url=https://www.orc-air.co.jp/company/|access-date=2023-09-20|website=オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社|language=ja}}

In late 2022, ORC received its first of two ATR 42-600 which are scheduled to replace their Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 fleet.{{Cite web|date=19 December 2022|url=https://www.airwaysmag.com/legacy-posts/oriental-air-bridge-first-atr-42|title=Oriental Air Bridge Receives First ATR 42|website=Airways Magazine|access-date=21 July 2024}}

Destinations

The Oriental Air Bridge [[check-in desk at Nagasaki Airport.|thumb|right]]

Oriental Air Bridge serves the following destinations (as of January 2023):

Country ! Island ! City ! Airport ! Notes ! Refs
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Japan	Honshu	Akita	Akita Airport		{{Cite web\|date=2023-01-23\|title=Oriental Air Bridge Adds Nagoya and ATR42-600 Service in NS23\|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230123-ocns23\|access-date=2023-01-30\|website=Aeroroutes\|language=en-US}}
Japan	Kyushu	Fukuoka	Fukuoka Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|
Japan	Kyushu	Gotō	Fukue Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|
Japan	Kyushu	Iki	Iki Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|
Japan	Honshu	Komatsu	Komatsu Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|
Japan	Kyushu	Miyazaki	Miyazaki Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|
Japan	Shikoku	Matsuyama	Matsuyama Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|
Japan	Kyushu	Nagasaki	Nagasaki Airport	{{Airline hub}}	align=center\|
Japan	Honshu	Nagoya	Nagoya–Centrair
Japan	Tsushima	Tsushima	Tsushima Airport	align=center\|	align=center\|

=Codeshare agreements=

Oriental Air Bridge has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

All Nippon Airways{{cite web|url=https://www.ana.co.jp/en/us/plan-book/codeshare-flights/oriental-air-bridge/|title=Codeshare flights with Oriental Air Bridge on ANA}}
Japan Airlines{{cite press release|url=https://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/202208/006877.html|title=JAL Group Revises FY2022 Winter Schedule Plans on Domestic Network|website=Japan Airlines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030101251/https://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/202208/006877.html|archive-date=2022-10-30|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/dom/route/codeshare/orc/|title=Codeshare Flights with Oriental Air Bridge|website=Japan Airlines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030105037/https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/dom/route/codeshare/orc/|archive-date=2022-10-30|url-status=live}}

Fleet

=Current fleet=

File:JA801B DHC-8-201 Oriental Air Bridge (7163492781).jpg]]

As of February 2024, the Oriental Air Bridge fleet consists of the following aircraft:[https://www.orc-air.co.jp/en/company-en/ orc-air.co.jp - Company Overview] retrieved 10 February 2024

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Oriental Air Bridge Fleet
Aircraft !In Fleet !Orders !Passengers !Notes
ATR 42-600 \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|— \|align=center\|48 \|
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 \|align=center\|4 \|align=center\|— \|align=center\|74 \|
Total !8 !— ! !

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Oriental Air Bridge Fleet

Aircraft

!In Fleet

!Orders

!Passengers

!Notes

ATR 42-600

|align=center|2

|align=center|—

|align=center|48

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

|align=center|4

|align=center|—

|align=center|74

Total

!—

=Former fleet=

Oriental Air Bridge has also operated the following aircraft types in the past:{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Bombardier Dash 8 Q200{{cite web|url= http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/61ca6552c4263c86758b4567/japan-s-oriental-air-bridge-goes-with-atr-for-fleet-renewal|title= Japan's Oriental Air Bridge goes with ATR for fleet renewal|website=airsoc.com|access-date=28 December 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2022-08-25|title=「ありがとう」ORCのJA801B "ラストフライト" 離島と本土結び21年|url=https://nordot.app/935346821439635456|access-date=2022-10-17|website=長崎新聞|language=ja}}
Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander

References

External links

[https://www.orc-air.co.jp/en/ Official website]

Category:Airlines of Japan

Category:Regional airlines of Japan

Category:Airlines established in 2001

Category:Companies based in Nagasaki Prefecture