Skymark Airlines

Skymark Airlines Inc. (スカイマーク株式会社, Sukaimāku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a low-cost airline headquartered at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operating scheduled passenger services within Japan. In addition to its base at Haneda, Skymark is the dominant carrier at Kobe Airport and is also the only domestic airline operating at Ibaraki Airport north of Tokyo. Its major shareholders are CEO Shinichi Nishikubo (35.47%) and the travel agency H.I.S. (27.62%). The airline has 1,699 employees as of June 2011. Skymark Airlines was established in 1996 as an open sky domestic airline after deregulation of the Japanese airline industry, and started operations on 19 September 1998. Skymark acquired seven Boeing 767-200 and Boeing...