Koko - Civil Aviation (AU) - Page 12

Very nice work in this thread, wonderful liveries and aircraft.

Also nice to see Athens International Airport among destinations of Kokoan airliners. In exchange, my AU Olympic Airways also has Kokoan capital in its international destinations.

Nanpo no Kido - Southern Airways / Koko Southern

Based at Nintoku International Airport (Kumoi) Nanpo no Kido -also known or colloquially called Na-no-ki, Souther Airways or Koko Southern- is currently Koko's second largest carrier. Nanpo started flying in 1975, serving regional routes from and to Kumoi, Chiyuki, Yokokawa, Chiyoko and Kaminato with a small fleet of used Namc-YS-11 bought from Koutei Koku. The first jet service started in 1978 with the introduction of the first Boeing 737-200, allowing to add Minatogawa, Hoshiguma and Toumachi to the network. By the second half of the 80s, with a dozen aircrafts in its fleet, the airline had gained its small share by filling some voids left in the network by giants like Koko Airways and Koutei Koku. Nanpo planes were easily recognizable thanks to their colourful red, blue and gold striped paintscheme (top to bottom) that waved up towards the tail (itself topped by the Kanji Nan, meaning South). The airline first significant expansion came in the early 90's when the airline bought and leased some 767-200 and -300s to strenghten its position in the Kumoi-Hoshiguma and Kumoi-Toumachi routes, which allowed to free some of the 737-200s to fly to newer destinations. A new livery was introduced with the arrival of the 767s: the red-blue-gold stripes were not separated by white stripes between them but were now contigous, the blue one went up the vertical stabilizer becoming the dominant color over the red. The stripes remained parallel on the fuselage, but the paintsheme got thinner as it ended in a pointed shape just below the cockpit windows. The 1990s decade also saw the introduction of the 737-400, which eventually offset and augmented the retirement of both the Namc-YS-11 and B737-200, making Nanpo the first all-jet airline in the Country. Nanpo also started to take advantage of the setbacks suffered by Koko Airways to expand its domestic network: in 1998 the 767-300ER was introduced to replace the leased 767-200 and -300s, then in 2002, Nanpo inaugurated its first international service when its planes started to fly between Kumoi and Haneda (Tokyo). The 737-800 followed in 2005 as the airline started to expand more agressively on the domestic market. When Koko Airways collapsed and went out of business in 2007 it left a large deficit of unfilled demand in the market, something that Nanpo's CEO would not want to miss obtaining. This meant going against both a monster like Koutei Koku (whose share on the domestic market rose from 54 to 65% in the days following KOAs shutdown) and emerging low-cost airlines like Jump! and Skyline. Given Nanpo well-positive cash flow it was decided it was worth to try tackle both: In 2008 the airline reinvented itself by giving low-cost service on domestic routes and premium on international flights. The livery was revised as well with a wavy gold line separating the white top and front of the planes to the two-tone blue tails and underbelly. The red disappearing entierely. In addition to that, although the official airline name still remains Nanpo no Kido, the western denomination was modified from Southern Airways to Koko Southern, as to avoid naming confusion with airlines like China Southern and to give a more international feel to the airline image. The commercial move succeded and revenue further increased, allowing to double the fleet size during the next six years. More 737-800s were ordered while retirement of the -400s started. The larger 737-900ER debuted in 2014. The same year the airline also took delivery of the Airbus A330-300, which offset the retirement of the remaining 767s on both the domestic and international market, which saw the addition of a new route to Kansai airport (Osaka). Latest additions to the even faster growing fleet had been both the A350-900 and the behemoth A380-800 which debuted in 2017, replacing the A330s on international routes. Given its florid economic status, Nanpo no Kido plans to start international service to Seoul, Los Angeles, New York, London and Paris in the next few years. The airline is also evaluating its next narrowbody order to further expand domestic service once the current backlog of 737NGs is emptied, with the order possibly to come during the singapore airsow in february 2018: Machines considered are Boeing 737-MAXs, Airbus A320Neos or doomestic EAC-150s, with rumors saying that the airline choice might befell for the latter.

Currently, Nanpo no kido operates a fleet of 74 aircrafts and serves 35 domestic and two international destinations.

Operated aircrafts:
Namc-YS-11 (1975-1997)
B-737-200 (1978-2002)
B-767-300 (1990-2003)
B-767-200 (1993-2004)
B-737-400 (1994-on, 4 in service)
B-767-300ER (1998-2015)
B-737-800 (2005-on, 35 in service)
A-330-300 (2014-on 14 in service)
B-737-900ER (2014-on, 17 in service)
A-350-900 (2017-on, 3 in service)
A-380-800 (2017-on, 1 in service)

NAMC YS-11:

Nampo no Kido started operations by building a fleet of four used YS-11-100 tuboprops bought from Koutei koku between 1975 and 1977. Two more, this time of the higher-gross-weight YS-11A-200 variant joined the fleet in 1982, those as well used airframes coming from Koutei Koku. The six airplanes flew between Kumoi, Chiyuki, Yokokawa, Chiyoko and Kaminato until the 737-200s started to replace them where needed, so some ended up flying shorter and thinner routes like those to Saegusa and Kamiyama. One of the original YS-100s was retired in 1993 and stored to provide maintenance parts for the rest of the fleet. The three remaining YS-11-100 and two YS-11A-200 were ultimately retired between 1996 and 1997.

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Once again, EXCELLENT work BB

Jolly well drawn and FANTASTIC AU Livery old bean. WELL DONE

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Boeing 737:

Workhorse of the fleet, 77 (seventy-seven) Boeing 737s had been flying with Nanpo's colours over the years, with 56 beign currently in service, making the airline The largest operator of the type among Kokoan airlines. Eighteen more are on order, with deliveries planned to to last until 2020.

The 737-200 was the first jet aircraft recieved by the airline, which augment and replaced the YS-11 as passenger demand increased on certain routes. A fleet of ten machines was slowly built between 1978 and 1993, six airframes were factory built, the other four were used ones -the last one coming from koutei Koku-. The type was gradually superseeded in service by the 737-400 and retired by 2002.
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Second 737 model to serve with the airline was the stretched -400 series. Nanpo recieved the first three airframes in 1994/95 (to replace the used -200), another seven followed in 1997/99. In addition to the 10 factory built units another five second-hand ones were added to the fleet by 2002. Fitted with 156 seats in an all-economy configuration, the type is currently beign retired and replaced by 737-800 and 737-900ERs. Four are still in service but will leave the fleet by the end of 2018.
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In 2002 the airline ordered eight 737-800 to further increase capacity on its routes, with deliveries starting in 2005. After Koko airways went into bankrupcy, Nanpo no Kido ordered another twenty-five airframes as part of its fleet expansion strategies recieving the combined total of 33 aircrafts by 2013. Another seven had been ordered recently, with the first two delivered to bring the type count to 35 at the moment, accounting for almost half of the carrier's fleet alone. The other five machines still on order will enter service between 2018 and 2019. The aircrafts are currently fitted with 180 seats, 6 premium-economy and 174 economy.
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Last and largest type of 737 to joint he fleet is the 737-900ER. Nanpo ordered fifteen units in 2011 to replace the 737-400, and later converted all its options for a total of 30 in the book. The first was delivered in 2014and currently seventeen fly on the airline domestic market, fitted with 6 premium-economy and 186 economy seats for a total of capacity of 192 passengers. Deliveries of the other 13 units are planned to last until 2020.
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EXCELLENT work BB

Jolly WELL DONE old chap

Quick question if I may. Does Koko, or any of its subsidary companies own/operate any other European Airbus or Augusta/Westland aircraft please

Warm regards,

Andy.

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I'm not planning to feature helicopters in this thread, I honestly doubt I'll ever since my expertize or interest in that kind of air travel nears zero.
As for Airbus civilian aircrafts, nearly all of its models have been or will be featured, the only glaring omission being the A310 and A340 (techically there is no A318 either, but at least that's a variant in the A320 family).

If you want a quick breakdown of Airbuses in service with Kokoan airlines here is it:

Koutei Koku, the Country's flag carrier (altready featured), operates:
-19 A319-100
-23 A320-200
-4 A320-Neo
-14 A321-100
-15 A330-200
-4 A330-200F
-23 A330-300
it also previously operated:
-22 A300-B4
-34 A300-600
-12 A320-200
-2 A321-100
and has on order:
-8 A319-Neo
-21 A320-Neo
-45 A321-Neo
-2 A330-200F
-10 A330-900Neo

Skyline, a low cost airline (already featured), operates:
-54 A320-200
and has on order:
-6 A320-200
-30 A320-Neo

Nanpo no Kido (which I'm midway throug its entry) operates:
-14 A330-300
-3 A350-900
-1 A380-800
and has on order:
-9 A350-900
-4 A350-1000
-1 A380-800

Megami Koku (which will be featured at a later date) operates:
-3 A330-300

Finally, a still unnamed cargo airline (and as yet undisclosed even in my first post) operates:
-6 A300-600F

So there are roughly 183 Airbus planes currently beign flown by Kokoan Airlines. (Plus 301 Boeings, a single McDonnel Douglas and another 106 aicrafts from other manufacturers. Kinda). The airbus fleet might be beefed up in case I choose for either Jetstar or AirAsia to have their Kokoan subsidiary or not.

Hope I've not misunderstood what you meant, ending up in meanignless babbling

They look really nice.

Boeing 767:

To date, Nanpo no kido has been the only Kokoan airline to ever operate this particular Boeing twinjet. Between 1990 and 2015 the airline owned or leased a total of 10 airframes, both for domestic and international services.

The first 767 delivered to the airline was a 767-300 bought directly from Boeing and recieved in 1990, a second leased -300 was added to the fleet in 1992. The two aircafts were put on service on the Kumoi-Hoshiguma and Kumoi-Toumachi routes in place of the smaller 737-200s. Both recieved the new airline livery wchich was revamped specifically for the widebodies introduction. The leased airframe was returned to the lessor in 1998, the other was sold to UPS in 2004 and converted to freighter. Both were replaced by 767-300ERs.
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To add more capacity to the Toumachi andHoshiguma routes, Nanpo also recieved two 767-200 aircrafts in 1993, one was leased, the other was an used airframe bougth from TWA. The lease for the first aircraft ended in 1998, the other one was retired in 2004. Like the -300s both machines were replaced by 767-300ERs.
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Nanpo recieved two 767-300ER from Boeing in 1998 to offest the retirement of the leased -200 and -300. The airline ordered and recieved four more machines between 2002 and 2005 for a total of six. Two of them were exploited to open the first international route operated by the airline, flying between Kumoi and Tokyo Haneda. The type was phased out in 2014/15 as the A330-300 entered service, ending 767 operations from kokoan operators.
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