J-Air

J-Air Co., Ltd.
株式会社ジェイエア
Kabushiki-gaisha Jei Ea

IATA ICAO Call sign JL JAL JLJ JAPAN AIR J-AIR
Founded	April 1991; 33 years ago (1991-04) (as JAL Flight Academy)
Commenced operations	November 1996; 28 years ago (1996-11) (as J-Air)
Hubs	Osaka–Itami Sapporo–Chitose
Focus cities	Fukuoka Kagoshima
Frequent-flyer program	JAL Mileage Bank
Alliance	Oneworld (affiliate)
Fleet size	32
Destinations	17
Parent company	Japan Airlines
Headquarters	Itami Airport, Osaka, Japan
Key people	Tsuyoshi Yamamura (President)
Website	www.jair.co.jp

J-Air is a Japanese regional commuter airline with its headquarters in the Terminal Building in Itami Airport near Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan^[1] and its main hub at Itami Airport. J-Air previously had its headquarters in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.^[2] Its operations include scheduled passenger services to 17 destinations across regional Japan, under Japan Airlines flight numbers. The airline has a fleet of 35 aircraft, consisting of Embraer 170s and 190s linking tier-two and tier-three cities in Japan as to bypass JAL's congested hub in Tokyo (both Narita and Haneda).

J-Air is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's flag carrier, Japan Airlines (JAL) and an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance. The airline was founded on 8 August 1996, when JAL restructured JAL Flight Academy and J-Air was separated; and began operations as a separate entity from Hiroshima-Nishi Airport on 1 November. Faced with limited opportunities for route expansion at Hiroshima, the airline relocated to its new home at Nagoya Airfield, after the opening of Chūbu Centrair International Airport, on 17 February 2005. In the fiscal year ended 31 March 1999, J-Air, together with its sister airlines within the JAL Group, carried over 32 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail.^{[citation needed]}