ANA & JP Express
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Cargo airline
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based in the Shiodome City Center
Shiodome City Center
is a skyscraper in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan managed by Mitsui Fudosan.Fujitsu's worldwide headquarters are in Shiodome City Center. The airline All Nippon Airways maintains its headquarters and a ticketing office at the building. The subsidiaries Air Nippon, ANA & JP Express, and...
in Minato
Minato, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It operates services between Japan and South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
using aircraft from the All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways
, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
fleet. It was announced on 2 April 2010 that Air Japan
Air Japan
is a charter airline based in Higashikōjiya, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled services under the ANA brand. It should not be confused with Air Nippon, another ANA subsidiary, or Japan Airlines , ANA's competitor. Its main base is Narita International Airport. In addition to its...
and ANA & JP Express will merge with Air Japan being the surviving company.
History
The company was founded on 1 February 2006.The airline started operations on 2 October 2006 with Nagoya (Centrair) - Anchorage - Chicago (O'Hare) service.
As of 1 April 2010, it is completely owned by All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways
, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
and in the process of being merged with Air Japan
Air Japan
is a charter airline based in Higashikōjiya, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled services under the ANA brand. It should not be confused with Air Nippon, another ANA subsidiary, or Japan Airlines , ANA's competitor. Its main base is Narita International Airport. In addition to its...
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As of February 2008, AJV flies from Tokyo (Narita), Osaka (Kansai), Nagoya (Centrair) to Seoul (Incheon) but no longer flies trans-Pacific. ANA's trans-Pacific freight are flown by the mainline and ABX Air
ABX Air
ABX Air, Inc., formerly Airborne Express, is a cargo airline headquartered at Wilmington Air Park in unincorporated Clinton County, Ohio, United States, near the City of Wilmington. ABX Air operates scheduled, ad hoc charter and ACMI freight services. It also provides flight support services and...
wet lease.