Harlequin Air

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Harlequin Air Co., Ltd. (ハーレクィンエア, Hārekuin Ea^?) was an airline based in Fukuoka, Japan. It was owned by Japan Airlines (JAL) Domestic and operated domestic passenger services. It ceased operations in April 2005 due to restructuring of JAL Group.

1 Former Code Data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Former Code Data

IATA Code: JH
ICAO Code: HLQ
Callsign: Harlequin

The scheduled flights were wholly sold by Japan Airlines therefore no ticket carried JH. Essentially Japan Airlines wet leased them.

[edit] History

The airline was established on 20 January 1997 and started operations on 19 December 1997; it was an affiliate of Japan Air System.^[1] Japan Airlines later absorbed Japan Air System^[2]; Harlequin has been integrated into the parent company, Japan Airlines.

[edit] Services

Harlequin Air operated services from Fukuoka Airport to Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya and New Chitose Airport near Sapporo. It also operated international charter flights.

[edit] Fleet

Harlequin Air had at least 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 and 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in its own livery.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

v • d • e Airlines of Japan

Low cost domestic airlines	ANA: (Air Japan · Air Next) · Air Do · JAL Express · Skymark Airlines · StarFlyer

Domestic airlines	JAL: (Hokkaido Air System · J-Air · Japan Air Commuter · Japan Transocean Air · Ryukyu Air Commuter ) ANA: (Air Central · Air Japan · Air Nippon · Air Nippon Network) · airtransse · Amakusa Airlines · Ibex Airlines · Kyokushin Air · New Central Airlines · Oriental Air Bridge · Skynet Asia Airways

International and domestic airlines	All Nippon Airways · JAL: (Japan Airlines · JALways)

Cargo airlines	ANA & JP Express · Galaxy Airlines · Nippon Cargo Airlines

Defunct airlines	see Defunct airlines of Japan