Amakusa Airlines

Amakusa Airlines Co., Ltd.
天草エアライン株式会社
Amakusa Earain Kabushiki-gaisha

Amakusa Airlines ATR 42-600 at Amakusa Airport
IATA ICAO Call sign MZ [1] AHX [2] AMAKUSA AIR
Founded	October 12, 1998;26 years ago (1998-10-12)
Commenced operations	March 23, 2000;25 years ago (2000-03-23)
Hubs	Amakusa Airfield
Focus cities	Kumamoto Airport
Fleet size	1
Destinations	4
Headquarters	Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Key people	Toru Okushima (CEO) [3]
Website	www.amx.co.jp

Amakusa Airlines is a Japanese regional airline based in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. ^[3] It operates regional services from and to Amakusa. Its main hub is Amakusa Airfield, with a focus city in Kumamoto Airport. ^[4]

History

The airline was established on 12 October 1998 and started operations on 23 March 2000, with services from Amakusa to Fukuoka and Kumamoto. It is owned by the municipal government (80% stake) and Japan Airlines. ^[4] On 1 October 2004, it began service between Kumamoto and Matsuyama. On 18 April 2006, it cumulatively carried over 50,000 passengers. On 1 September 2008, it stopped the service between Kumamoto and Matsuyama. Three days later, on 4 September, it began the service between Kumamoto and Kobe. On 31 March 2010, it stopped the service between Kumamoto and Kobe.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2015, Amakusa has been reported that the fleet with 1 of 2 ATR 42-600 has been delivered with another 3 options while the Dash 8 has been transferred to Oriental Air Bridge. ^[5] Amakusa in the future can fly between Amakusa and Kagoshima, Amakusa and Miyazaki, Amakusa and Kochi, Oita and Osaka, Fukuoka and Osaka, Hiroshima and Osaka as well as Fukuoka and Tsushima.^{[ citation needed ]}

Destinations

Amakusa Airlines serves the following destinations (as of May 2021 ^[update] ): ^[6]

City	Island	IATA	ICAO	Airport	Notes	Refs
Amakusa	Kyushu	AXJ	RJDA	Amakusa Airfield	Hub
Fukuoka	Kyushu	FUK	RJFF	Fukuoka Airport
Kobe	Honshu	UKB	RJBE	Kobe Airport	Terminated
Kumamoto	Kyushu	KMJ	RJFT	Kumamoto Airport	Focus city
Matsuyama	Shikoku	MYJ	RJOM	Matsuyama Airport	Terminated
Osaka	Honshu	ITM	RJOO	Itami Airport

Codeshare agreements

Amakusa Airlines codeshare with the following airlines:

• All Nippon Airways ^{[7] [8]}
• Japan Airlines ^[9]

Fleet

Amakusa Airlines ATR 42-600

A former Amakusa Airlines Bombardier Dash 8-103 in the previous livery (2010).

Current fleet

As of August 2025 ^[update] , Amakusa Airlines operates the following aircraft: ^[10]

Amakusa Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In fleet	On order	Passengers
ATR 42-600	1	1 [5]	48
Total	1	1

Former fleet

In the past, Amakusa Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft types:^{[ citation needed ]}

Aircraft	Total
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100	1
Eurocopter Dauphin	1

References

1. "Airline and Location Code Search".
2. Alphabetical Index of Airline ICAO Codes
3. "会社案内" (in Japanese). Amakusa Airlines Co., Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2014. Headquarters address: "本社 〒863−2114 熊本県天草市五和町城河原1丁目2080番地5"
4. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 74.
5. "First ATR 42-600 in Japan | AIRheads↑FLY". Archived from the original on 2015-08-13.
6. "時刻表" (in Japanese). Amakusa Airlines Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
7. "ANA Group Announces Revised Flight Schedule for the Second Half of FY2022". ANA Holdings (Press release). Archived from the original on 2022-10-27.
8. "Amakusa Airlines (AMX)". All Nippon Airways. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30.
9. "Codeshare Flights with Amakusa Airlines - JAL Domestic Flights". jal.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2020-08-02.
10. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Amakusa Airlines". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 63.

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