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  Callsign Air Do
  Parent Corporate rehabilitation fund (9607%)
  Founded May 12, 1998
  Headquarters Sapporo , Hokkaidō , Japan
  Key People
  Hubs New Chitose Airport
  Focus Cities
  Frequent Flyer
  Lounge
  Alliance
  Fleet Size 5
  Destinations 5
  Website http://wwwairdojp/


, also known as is a Japan ese Low-cost Airline . Based in Sapporo , Hokkaidō , it operates between Tokyo and cities in Hokkaidō. Its main base is Tokyo International Airport 1.


HISTORY

The airline was established in 1996 and started operations in December 1998 . The brainchild of a successful poultry farmer in Hokkaidō, it is owned by Mizuho Financial Group (96.07%) and individual investors (3.93%). It has 565 employees (at March 2007 ).

Air Do was one of Japan's first low-cost airlines. It originally competed with Japan's major domestic carriers ( All Nippon Airways , Japan Airlines , and Japan Air System ), who lowered their fares to Air Do's level without seriously compromising corporate profits. After two years of losses, the airline entered a code-sharing agreement with ANA, and now has the same general fare structure as the majors.


DESTINATIONS


Air Do operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January , Sapporo , Hakodate and Tokyo .



FLEET

The Air Do fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2007 ):



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