Oriental Air Bridge

Oriental Air Bridge

IATA ICAO Callsign OC ORC ORIENTAL BRIDGE
Founded	1961 (as Nagasaki Airways)
Operating bases	Nagasaki Airport
Fleet size	2
Destinations	5
Headquarters	Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture
Website	www.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 an airline headquartered on the grounds of Nagasaki Airport and in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.^[1] It operates charter services throughout southern Japan, as well as scheduled services between Nagasaki and Fukuoka. Its main base is Nagasaki Airport, with a hub at Fukuoka Airport.^[2] The airline was established in 1961 as Nagasaki Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001.^[2]

Destinations

The Oriental Air Bridge check-in desk at Nagasaki Airport.

An Oriental Air Bridge Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 departs Fukuoka Airport, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. (2012)

Oriental Air Bridge serves the following destinations (as of May 2014):

^[Hub]	Base

City	Country	IATA	ICAO	Airport
Fukuoka	Japan	FUK	RJFF	Fukuoka Airport
Gotō-Fukue	Japan	FUJ	RJFE	Fukue Airport
Iki	Japan	IKI	RJDB	Iki Airport
Nagasaki	Japan	NGS	RJFU	Nagasaki Airport ^[Base]
Tsushima	Japan	TSJ	RJDT	Tsushima Airport

Fleet

One of the 2 Oriental Air Bridge Dash 8 aircraft at Nagasaki Airport.

The Oriental Air Bridge fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):^[3]

Oriental Air Bridge Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Passengers	Notes
Bombardier Dash 8 Q200	2	37[4]

Previously operated

Oriental Air Bridge has also operated the following aircraft in the past (as of October 2005):

• 3 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander
• 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300

References

1. "オリエンタルエアブリッジ株式会社." Oriental Air Bridge. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 59.
3. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 18.
4. Oriental Air Bridge Fleet - Planespotters.net

External links

• Official website (Japanese)