Skymark Airlines

Skymark Airlines
スカイマーク
Sukai Māku
IATA ICAO Call sign
BC SKY SKYMARK
FoundedNovember 12, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-11-12)
Commenced operationsSeptember 19, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-09-19)
Operating bases
Fleet size29
Destinations11
ISINJP3396000006
HeadquartersHaneda Airport, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
RevenueIncrease ¥47.1 billion (FY March 2022)[1]
Operating incomeIncrease (¥16.7 billion) (FY March 2022)[1]
Net incomeIncrease (¥6.7 billion) (FY March 2022)[1]
Total assetsIncrease ¥93.6 billion (March 2022)[1]
Total equityDecrease ¥9.2 billion (Dec. 2014)[1]
Employees2,457 (31 March 2024)[2]
Websitewww.skymark.co.jp

Skymark Airlines Inc. (スカイマーク株式会社, Sukaimāku Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 9204) is a Japanese airline headquartered at Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.[2] It operates scheduled services with a main base at Haneda Airport with another base at Kobe Airport where it is the dominant carrier.[3] It also operates a base at Naha Airport. It is the only Japanese airline offering regular scheduled services at Ibaraki Airport north of Tokyo.

Skymark was the first low-cost airline established in Japan. Internet entrepreneur Shinichi Nishikubo controlled the company from 2003 to 2015, when the carrier filed for bankruptcy protection after attempting a fleet and service expansion.[4][5]

In August 2015, Skymark creditors agreed to restructure the airline under the control of Japanese private equity fund Integral Corporation (50.1%), with minority investments from All Nippon Airways (16.5%), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and the Development Bank of Japan (33.4%).[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e "第26期決算公告" (PDF). Skymark Airlines. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "About Us". Skymark Airlines. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ "神戸空港利用状況(H23....5月)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ^ Inagaki, Kana (28 January 2015). "Skymark Airlines files for bankruptcy protection". The Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Skymark Airlines becomes second Japanese airline to file for bankruptcy protection in five years". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Informa Markets. 28 January 2015.
  6. ^ Fujikawa, Megumi (6 August 2015). "Skymark Creditors Reject Delta, Opt for ANA-Backed Funding Plan". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 7 August 2015.