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Business Aviation Operators - Japan

A business aviation operator is a company holding an air operator certificate (AOC) and entitled to fly commercially on the aircraft in its fleet. The directory for Япония lists 32 such operators with bases at 21 locations. The operator is responsible for the crew, maintenance and safety standards, so the choice of operator decides the rules your flight is run by.

According to publicly available data, 32 business aviation and helicopter operators operate here, with the main bases at Yao, Nagoya, and Tokyo Heliport. Below is a directory with contact information, specialization, and fleet details for each operator.

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Yao — 4

Asahi Airlines Company

Location: Yao

Specialization: ME Piston/SE Turboprop

Fleet (5 aircraft): 3x Beechcraft G58; 2x Cessna 208B

www.asahiair.com

Asia Air Survey

Location: Yao

Specialization: Turboprop/SE Turboprop

Fleet (7 aircraft): 1x Beechcraft C90GTx; 5x Cessna 208; 1x Cessna 208B

www.ajiko.co.jp

First Flying Company

Location: Yao

Specialization: SE Turboprop

Fleet (2 aircraft): 2x Cessna 208B

www.dai1air.com

Noevir Aviation

Location: Yao

Specialization: SE heli

Fleet (4 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125

Nagoya — 4

Home airports: Chubu Centrair International

Central Helicopter Service

Location: Nagoya (Chubu Centrair International)

Specialization: Twin heli

Fleet (7 aircraft): 2x Airbus Helicopters H145T2; 2x Bolkow Bk117B; 3x Eurocopter EC145

www.central-heli.com

Diamond Air Service Company

Location: Nagoya

Specialization: Turboprop

Fleet (1 aircraft): 1x Beechcraft 200T

www.mhi.com/group/das

Kyoritsu Air

Location: Nagoya; Sendai; Tokyo (Chofu)

Specialization: SE Turboprop

Fleet (4 aircraft): 1x Cessna 208; 1x Cessna 208B; 2x Cessna 208

www.k-air.co.jp

SECO International

Location: Nagoya; Osaka International

Specialization: SE heli

Fleet (3 aircraft): 2x Bell 505; 1x Bell 505

www.seco-air.com

Tokyo Heliport — 2

Akagi Helicopter

Location: Tokyo Heliport

Specialization: SE heli

Fleet (5 aircraft): 2x Aerospatiale AS350B; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B1; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125

www.akagi-heli.co.jp

Shin-Nihon Helicopter

Location: Tokyo Heliport

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (13 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS332L1; 2x Bell 206L-3; 4x Bell 407; 2x Bell 407GXi; 1x Bell 412EP; 3x Bell 427

www.snkk-net.com

Shizuoka — 2

Home airports: Mount Fuji/Shizuoka

Fuji Business Jet

Location: Shizuoka (Mount Fuji/Shizuoka)

Specialization: Light jet

Fleet (3 aircraft): 1x Cessna 525A CJ2+; 2x Cessna 525C CJ4 GEN2

www.fuji-businessjet.co.jp

Shizuoka Air Commuter Corp

Location: Shizuoka (Mount Fuji/Shizuoka)

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (5 aircraft): 1x Airbus Helicopters H130B4; 4x Leonardo A109SP

www.sacc.co.jp

Okayama — 2

Home airports: Kohnan

Japan Biz Aviation

Location: Okayama (Kohnan); Tokyo (Haneda); Tokyo (Narita)

Specialization: Light jet/Super mid/Twin heli

Fleet (5 aircraft): 1x Honda HondaJet Elite; 2x Bell 429 GlobalRanger; 1x Honda HondaJet Elite; 1x Embraer Praetor 600

www.j-bizavi.com

Okayama Air Service

Location: Okayama (Kohnan)

Specialization: Light jet

Fleet (2 aircraft): 2x Cessna M2

www.air-oas.co.jp

Kagoshima — 2

Kagoshima International Aviation

Location: Kagoshima

Specialization: Twin heli

Fleet (3 aircraft): 1x Leonardo A109E; 2x Leonardo A109SP

New Japan Aviation

Location: Kagoshima

Specialization: ME Piston

Fleet (1 aircraft): 1x Britten Norman BN2B-20

www.newj.co.jp

Hiroshima Nishi — 1

Aero Toyota

Location: Hiroshima Nishi; Nagoya; Sapporo (Okadama); Tokyo Heliport; Toyama; Yao

Specialization: SE heli/Super mid/Twin heli

Fleet (28 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Aerospatiale AS332L1; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 2x Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign; 1x Sikorsky S-76C+; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Aerospatiale AS332L; 1x Aerospatiale AS332L1; 3x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 3x Aerospatiale AS355F; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Bell 412; 1x Bell 412EP; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 2x Aerospatiale AS355F2; 2x Aerospatiale AS355N; 2x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Eurocopter AS365N3

www.aerotoyota.co.jp

Fukushima — 1

Alpha Aviation

Location: Fukushima; Nakashibetsu; Sendai; Utsunomiya

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (7 aircraft): 1x Robinson R66; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Leonardo A109E; 2x Robinson R66; 1x Agusta A109C; 1x Robinson R66

Okinawa — 1

Home airports: Naha

Excel Air Service

Location: Okinawa (Naha)

Specialization: Twin heli

Fleet (1 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS355N

www.excel-air.com

Tochigi Heliport — 1

Heli Service

Location: Tochigi Heliport

Specialization: SE heli

Fleet (10 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS350B; 7x Bell 206B-3; 2x Bell 505

www.hsc08.co.jp

Kobe — 1

HirataGakuen

Location: Kobe; Osaka (Kansai International)

Specialization: ME Piston/Twin heli

Fleet (13 aircraft): 1x Airbus Helicopters H145T2; 1x Beechcraft G58; 10x Eurocopter EC135P2+; 1x Airbus Helicopters H145T2

www.aerohirata.co.jp

Sapporo — 1

Home airports: Okadama

Hokkaido Koku

Location: Sapporo (Okadama)

Specialization: Turboprop/SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (6 aircraft): 2x Aerospatiale AS350B2; 1x Beechcraft C90A; 2x Eurocopter AS365N2; 1x Eurocopter EC135T2

www.hokkaido-koku.co.jp

Oita — 1

Honda Airways Company

Location: Oita; Okegawa (Honda); Tokyo (Narita)

Specialization: SE heli/Light jet/Twin heli

Fleet (4 aircraft): 1x Honda HondaJet Elite; 1x Bell 505; 1x Eurocopter EC135P2+; 1x Eurocopter EC135P2

Tokyo — 1

Home airports: Haneda

MicroJet Inc.

Location: Tokyo (Haneda); Yao

Specialization: Light jet/VLJ

Fleet (3 aircraft): 1x Cessna 510 Citation Mustang; 1x Cessna 525C CJ4 GEN2; 1x Cessna 510 Citation Mustang

Hiroshima — 1

Nakanihon Air

Location: Hiroshima; Nagoya

Specialization: Turboprop/SE heli/SE Turboprop/Light jet/Twin heli

Fleet (53 aircraft): 1x Leonardo A109SP; 1x Aerospatiale AS332L; 2x Aerospatiale AS332L1; 7x Aerospatiale AS350B; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B1; 3x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 2x Aerospatiale AS355F2; 3x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Beechcraft B200; 1x Bell 412EP; 1x Bell 429 GlobalRanger; 4x Bell 430; 1x Cessna 208; 1x Cessna 208B; 2x Cessna 560 Citation V; 3x Eurocopter EC135P1; 4x Eurocopter EC135P2; 11x Eurocopter EC135P2+; 3x MDH 500E; 1x Pilatus PC-24

www.nnk.co.jp/en

Fukuoka — 1

Nishi Nippon Airlines

Location: Fukuoka

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (17 aircraft): 3x Aerospatiale AS350BA; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 2x Bell 412EP; 3x Bell 427; 1x Bell 429 GlobalRanger; 1x Bolkow Bk117B; 1x Bolkow Bk117C-1; 5x Eurocopter EC145

www.nishiku.co.jp

Maishima Heliport — 1

Ogawa Air

Location: Maishima Heliport

Fleet (3 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS355F; 1x Aerospatiale AS355F2; 1x Bolkow Bk117B

www.ogawa-air.co.jp

Saga — 1

SGC Saga Aviation

Location: Saga

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (2 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS350B; 1x Eurocopter EC135T2

www.sgc-air.co.jp

Takamatsu — 1

Shikoku Air Service

Location: Takamatsu

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (6 aircraft): 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 2x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Bell 412EP; 1x Bolkow Bk117B; 1x Bolkow Bk117C-1

www.shikoku-air.co.jp

Hachijojima — 1

Toho Air Service

Location: Hachijojima; Ryugasaki; Sendai; Tokyo (Chofu); Tokyo Heliport; Yao

Specialization: SE heli/Twin heli

Fleet (24 aircraft): 1x Sikorsky S-76C+; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B2; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B3; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 1x Airbus Helicopters H155B1; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 2x Eurocopter EC145; 1x Aerospatiale AS355F2; 1x Eurocopter AS365N2; 2x Aerospatiale AS355F2; 1x Aerospatiale AS355N; 1x Airbus Helicopters H125; 3x Eurocopter AS365N2; 2x Eurocopter EC135T2; 1x Sikorsky S-76C++; 1x Aerospatiale AS350B; 1x Bell 412EP; 1x Eurocopter AS365N2

www.tohoair.co.jp

Sendai — 1

Tohoku Air Service

Location: Sendai

Specialization: Twin heli

Fleet (6 aircraft): 2x Aerospatiale AS332L1; 1x Airbus Helicopters H135T3/P3; 1x Bolkow Bo105CBS-4; 2x Eurocopter EC135P2+

www.t-a-s.co.jp

Other operators — 1

Yuhi Airlines

www.airyuhi.co.jp

Commercial flights in the country are overseen by the national regulator: Japan Civil Aviation Bureau

Operator Questions: Japan

How many business aviation operators are there in Japan?

According to open data, there are 32 operators based in 25 cities: Hiroshima Nishi; Nagoya; Sapporo (Okadama); Tokyo Heliport; Toyama; Yao, Tokyo Heliport, Fukushima; Nakashibetsu; Sendai; Utsunomiya, Yao, Nagoya (Chubu Centrair International), Nagoya. The list is verified against open sources and updated as changes occur.

What types of aircraft do operators have in Japan?

Local airlines' fleets include the Aerospatiale AS350B3, Aerospatiale AS332L1, Airbus Helicopters H125, Cessna 680, Citation Sovereign, Sikorsky S-76C+, and Aerospatiale AS332L. We select the appropriate aircraft for the task from this fleet and from aircraft in neighboring countries.

Why look at the operator's AOC?

An air operator certificate (AOC) is issued by the aviation authorities of the country of registration and defines flight regulations, crew requirements, and dispute resolution procedures. Flights are always operated by the operator, not the broker, so their approvals are verified before a booking is confirmed.

Market data and sources

IS-BAO (IBAC): an air operator certificate confirms the right to fly commercially, while the independent standard shows how procedures are built inside the company
ARGUS: an operator audit checks crew experience, safety history and fleet condition — before booking, not after
NBAA: three quarters of business aviation operators fly a single aircraft, so availability is checked for every individual flight

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