Nakanihon Air Service
Encyclopedia
Nakanihon Air Service is a general aviation
company headquartered in Toyoyama
, Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture
, Japan
, by Nagoya Airfield near Nagoya
.
and ANA
. Its core business has been general aviation, including scenic and charter flights, aerial photography
and helicopter
services. Its commuter operations were spun off as Nakanihon Airlines (NAL) in 1998 (renamed Air Central
in 2005.)
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
company headquartered in Toyoyama
Toyoyama, Aichi
is a town located in Nishikasugai District, Aichi, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 13,466 and a density of 2,175.44 persons per km². The total area is 6.19 km².Climate is a cool temperate climate...
, Nishikasugai District, Aichi Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
, 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...
, by Nagoya Airfield near Nagoya
Nagoya, Aichi
is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...
.
History
In 1953, Nakanihon Air Service Co.,Ltd. (中日本航空株式会社 Nakanihon Kōkū Kabushiki Gaisha) (NAS) was founded near Nagoya Airport (currently Nagoya Airfield). Its major shareholders included Nagoya RailroadNagoya Railroad
, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...
and ANA
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...
. Its core business has been general aviation, including scenic and charter flights, aerial photography
Aerial photography
Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. The term usually refers to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Cameras may be hand held or mounted, and photographs may be taken by a photographer, triggered remotely or...
and helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
services. Its commuter operations were spun off as Nakanihon Airlines (NAL) in 1998 (renamed Air Central
Air Central
was an airline based in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It operated passenger services as All Nippon Airways flights from its main base is Chūbu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya...
in 2005.)