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Skymark in talks with JAL on code-sharing, other tie-ups

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a Skymark Airlines plane after landing and a Japan Airlines plane awaiting departure at Fukuoka airport, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 21, 2014. The president of Skymark Airlines Inc. said the same day that the struggling carrier is in talks with Japan Airlines Co. over code-sharing and other tie-ups.

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Skymark budget airline on edge of financial collapse

TOKYO, Japan - A Skymark Airlines Inc. aircraft is parked at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east to Tokyo, in August 2014, amid the budget carrier's management crisis due to skyrocketing fuel costs and bruising competition in the airline industry.

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Skymark discusses review of international operation plan

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo (C) holds a model of an A380 aircraft with executives of Airbus S.A.S at the Airbus head office in France in February 2011. Skymark said July 29, 2014, it is studying a major review of its plan to launch international services in fiscal 2014.

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Skymark chief Nishikubo

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Nishikubo, president of Skymark Airlines Inc., holds a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on July 29, 2014. Nishikubo said the Japanese airline will consider a drastic review of its plan to launch international services in fiscal 2014 ending next March due to disputes regarding the introduction of Airbus A380 jets.

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Skymark considers reviewing international flight plan

TOKYO, Japan - An Airbus A380 aircraft is seen in this undated photo. Skymark Airlines Inc. said on July 29, 2014, it is considering a drastic review of its plan to launch international services in fiscal 2014 due to disputes regarding the introduction of Airbus A380 jets.

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Skymark inaugurates Airbus A330 in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A flight attendant of the low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines serves passengers on an Airbus A330 passenger jet on June 14, 2014. The uniform underwent an alteration over concerns that it was too short.

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Skymark flight attendants with miniskirt uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - Cabin attendants of Skymark Airlines Inc.'s Airbus A330 aircraft clad in miniskirt uniforms pose for photos at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 7, 2014.

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Skymark becomes 1st Japan airline to fly Airbus A330

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines President Shinichi Nishikubo sits on a seat for an Airbus A330, a jetliner that the airline will start flying in May, along with cabin attendants in new miniskirt uniforms at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 7, 2014.

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Skymark to launch flights at Kansai airport

IZUMISANO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks during a press conference in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011. Nishikubo said the airline will start flight services linking Kansai International Airport near Osaka with Sapporo and Naha in May 2012. Skymark quit the western Japan airport in 2006.

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Skymark to buy Airbus superjumbo jets

TOULOUSE, France - Shinichi Nishikubo (C), president of Skymark Airlines Inc., and executives of Airbus S.A.S. hold a model of the Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliner at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, southern France, on Feb. 17, 2011. The Japanese budget airline signed a deal with Airbus the same day to buy six such jetliners.

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Skymark President Nishikubo

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Ministry tells Skymark Airlines to improve work practices

TOKYO, Japan - A senior official from the Ministry of Land, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism hands Skymark Airlines President Shinichi Nishikubo (C) documents instructing the company to improve work practices on April 6, 2010, at the transport ministry in Tokyo. The ministry found problems during a recent inspection including pilots' noncompliance with the rule that they must wear an oxygen mask in flight.

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Ibaraki Airport opens with concerns about profitability

OMITAMA, Japan - Passengers take photos after getting off a Skymark Airlines airplane at Ibaraki Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on its opening day on March 11, 2010. The airport, the third in the Tokyo metropolitan area, commenced operations without regular domestic flights, arousing concern about its profitability.

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Ibaraki Airport opens with concerns about profitability

OMITAMA, Japan - A Skymark Airlines flight takes off for Kobe from Ibaraki Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on its opening day on March 11, 2010. The airport, the third in the Tokyo metropolitan area, commenced operations without regular domestic flights, arousing concern about its profitability.

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Ibaraki Airport opens with concerns about profitability

OMITAMA, Japan - A Skymark Airlines flight takes off for Kobe from Ibaraki Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on its opening day on March 11, 2010. The airport, the third in the Tokyo metropolitan area, commenced operations without regular domestic flights, arousing concern about its profitability.

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Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul

OMITAMA, Japan - An extra flight by domestic budget carrier Skymark Airlines arrives at Ibaraki Airport in Komitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, from Kobe on March 11, 2010, the opening day of the airport, the third one in the Tokyo metropolitan area. South Korea's Asiana Airlines serves as the only regular flight from Seoul at the initial stage.

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Skymark revises earnings downward on flight cancellations

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 9 in which he said the company has revised downward its operating revenue and profit estimates for the current business year to next March 31, citing the impact of large-scale flight cancellations due to pilot shortages and an upsurge in the cost of jet fuel.

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JAL, Skymark heads testify at Diet over flight troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Co. President Shinichi Nishikubo testifies as an unsworn witness at a session of the House of Representatives' Committee on Land, Infrastructure and Transport on April 11.

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JAL, Skymark heads testify at Diet over flight troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, president-designate of Japan Airlines Corp., testifies as an unsworn witness at a session of the House of Representatives' Committee on Land, Infrastructure and Transport on April 11, with current company President Toshiyuki Shimmachi sitting by him.

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(2)Skymark Airlines begins flights between Haneda and Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers walk to a boarding gate at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 11 after a ceremony to launch Skymark Airlines Co. flights between Kansai Airport and Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

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(1)Skymark Airlines begins flights between Haneda and Kansai

TOKYO, Japan - Airline dignitaries cut the tape at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on March 11 in a ceremony celebrating Skymark Airlines Co.'s launching of flights between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Kansai International Airport near Osaka.

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Kobe ballpark to be named 'Skymark Stadium'

KOBE, Japan - Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yada (L) and Skymark Airlines Co. President Shinichi Nishikubo pose at a press conference at the Kobe municipal office on Feb. 10 after making a deal to name the city's ballpark, one of the professional baseball team Orix Buffaloes' two home fields, ''Skymark Stadium.''

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Skymark Airlines gets new president

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines said Jan. 28 its president Takashi Ide was replaced the same day by Masayuki Inoue (file photo), formerly of British Airways. Inoue, 41, joined the Japanese budget airline in May 2002 and has been vice president of the marketing and sales division since November.

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Skymark Airlines launches int'l chartered service

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers board a plane chartered by Skymark Airlines at Tokyo's Haneda aiport in the wee hours of Aug. 24 to head for Seoul. Skymark, which entered the domestic airline market in 1998 as the first newcomer in 35 years, became the first Japanese discount carrier to fly overseas.

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(1)SkynetAsia launches Tokyo-Miyazaki flights

MIYAZAKI, Japan - SkynetAsia Airways executives cut the tape in a ceremony at Miyazaki airport Aug. 1 to mark the airline's inaugural flight to Tokyo's Haneda airport. Miyazaki-based SkynetAsia is the first newcomer airline offering domestic flights to and from Tokyo's busy Haneda airport since Skymark Airlines and Hokkaido International Airlines launched Tokyo-Fukuoka and Tokyo-Sapporo services, respectively, in the late 1990s.

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Uncertain outlook for Skymark Airlines

OSAKA, Japan - A passenger goes through boarding procedures at Osaka airport on Sept. 18 for a Skymark Airlines flight. One year has passed since Skymark inaugurated bargain-fare domestic air services in September 1998, doing good business at first. Now its prospects are uncertain because the other three airlines -- All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines and Japan Air System -- decided earlier this year to match Skymark's low fares.

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Air Do launches Tokyo-Sapporo flight services

Passengers board the inaugural flight of Hokkaido International Airlines, known as Air Do, at Haneda airport in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 20. The airline was licensed in October to operate air services between Tokyo and Sapporo, with fares set initially at 16,000 yen one way, 36 percent lower than regular ticket prices offered by existing airlines. Air Do is the second new carrier to break into the domestic air market, which was controlled for more than three decades by All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Japan Air System and the carriers' affiliates until Skymark Airlines launched its Tokyo-Fukuoka route on Sept. 19.

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1st Skymark Airlines flight takes off

The inaugural flight of Skymark Airlines, the first new airline to enter Japan's domestic air service market in 35 years, is about to take off from Tokyo's Haneda airport Sept. 19 for southwestern city of Fukuoka.

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Skymark Airlines President Hora

Hayao Hora, president of Skymark Airlines Inc., gives an interview in Tokyo on July 15, 2022.

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Skymark Airlines President Hora

Hayao Hora, president of Skymark Airlines Inc., gives an interview in Tokyo on July 15, 2022.

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(1)Skymark Airlines begins flights between Haneda and Kansai

TOKYO, Japan - Airline dignitaries cut the tape at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on March 11 in a ceremony celebrating Skymark Airlines Co.'s launching of flights between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Kansai International Airport near Osaka. (Kyodo)

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(2)Skymark Airlines begins flights between Haneda and Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers walk to a boarding gate at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 11 after a ceremony to launch Skymark Airlines Co. flights between Kansai Airport and Tokyo's Haneda Airport. (Kyodo)

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Engine detached for investigation

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An engine detached from the right wing of a Boeing 767 operated by Skymark Airlines Co. for investigation at Kagoshima Airport in Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Skymark revises earnings downward on flight cancellations

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 9 in which he said the company has revised downward its operating revenue and profit estimates for the current business year to next March 31, citing the impact of large-scale flight cancellations due to pilot shortages and an upsurge in the cost of jet fuel. (Kyodo)

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Air Do launches Tokyo-Sapporo flight services

Passengers board the inaugural flight of Hokkaido International Airlines, known as Air Do, at Haneda airport in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 20. The airline was licensed in October to operate air services between Tokyo and Sapporo, with fares set initially at 16,000 yen one way, 36 percent lower than regular ticket prices offered by existing airlines. Air Do is the second new carrier to break into the domestic air market, which was controlled for more than three decades by All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Japan Air System and the carriers' affiliates until Skymark Airlines launched its Tokyo-Fukuoka route Sept. 19. ==Kyodo

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1st Skymark Airlines flight take

The inaugural flight of Skymark Airlines, the first new airline to enter Japan's domestic air service market in 35 years, is about to take off from Tokyo's Haneda airport Sept. 19 for southwestern city of Fukuoka.

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Kobe ballpark to be named 'Skymark Stadium'

KOBE, Japan - Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yada (L) and Skymark Airlines Co. President Shinichi Nishikubo pose at a press conference at the Kobe municipal office on Feb. 10 after making a deal to name the city's ballpark, one of the professional baseball team Orix Buffaloes' two home fields, ''Skymark Stadium.'' (Kyodo)

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Skymark Airlines gets new president

TOKYO, Japan - Skymark Airlines said Jan. 28 its president Takashi Ide was replaced the same day by Masayuki Inoue (file photo), formerly of British Airways. Inoue, 41, joined the Japanese budget airline in May 2002 and has been vice president of the marketing and sales division since November. (Kyodo)

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Skymark files for bankruptcy protection

Photo taken in September 2014 shows a Skymark Airlines Inc. plane. Japan's third-biggest airline filed for bankruptcy protection on Jan. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skymark wraps up court-led rehabilitation procedures

Skymark Airlines Inc. Chairman Nobuo Sayama (L) and President Masahiko Ichie (2nd from L) attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2016. Skymark said it has completed court-led rehabilitation procedures, more than a year after the low-cost carrier filed for bankruptcy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skymark creditors endorse restructuring plan with ANA support

Photo taken Aug. 5, 2015, at Fukuoka airport, southwestern Japan, shows airplanes of All Nippon Airways Co. and Skymark Airlines Inc. Creditors of bankrupt Skymark endorsed the same day the carrier's plan to rehabilitate with the support of ANA Holdings Inc., despite its biggest creditor's preference for Delta Air Lines support. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delta sees opportunities in Skymark's Haneda slots

Masaru Morimoto, head of Delta Air Lines Inc.'s Japanese unit, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on July 21, 2015. He said the U.S. carrier, a sponsor candidate to rehabilitate Japan's bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc., sees opportunities in Skymark's slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport and its domestic routes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skymark's biggest creditor Intrepid picks Delta as sponsor candidate

Masaru Morimoto (R), managing director for Japan at Delta Air Lines Inc. of the United States, speaks in Tokyo on July 15, 2015, during a press conference with Franklin Pray, president and chief executive officer of Intrepid Aviation Ltd., with regard to Delta's participation in an Intrepid-proposed restructuring plan for bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc., a Japanese low-cost carrier. Intrepid, a global aircraft-leasing company, is the biggest creditor of Skymark. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All Nippon Airways plans to send directors for Skymark revival

All Nippon Airways Co. President Osamu Shinobe attends an interview with Kyodo News in Miami, the United States, on June 7, 2015. He said his company is planning to send one or two directors from the ANA group to help embattled Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines Inc. rebuild its operations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skymark submits revamp plan to court

Photo taken May 29, 2015, shows a Skymark Airlines Inc. aircraft at Haneda airport in Tokyo. The airline submitted a rehabilitation plan to the Tokyo District Court on the same day in the face of tough competition from rising low-cost carriers such as Peach Aviation Ltd. and Jetstar Japan Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA to take stake in bankrupt Skymark in restructuring

Toyoyuki Nagamine (far R), senior executive officer of ANA Holdings Inc., and Nobuo Sayama (2nd from R), representative director of Tokyo-based investment fund Integral Corp., attend a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2015, along with executives of bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc. Skymark said ANA Holdings, parent of Japan's biggest airline All Nippon Airways Co., will take a 19.9 percent stake and pick its new president as part of a restructuring of its operations. Integral, which has already signed a sponsorship agreement with the airline, will hold a 50.1 percent stake in the restructured airline, and unnamed entities will hold the remaining 30 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bankrupt Skymark Airlines holds welcome ceremony for new employees

Takashi Ide, chairman of Skymark Airlines Inc., addresses a welcome ceremony for new employees held at the bankrupt airline's head office in Tokyo on April 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA Holdings, AirAsia presents sponsorship plan for Skymark

An All Nippon Airways Co. plane (top) lands at Fukuoka airport in southwestern Japan while a Skymark Airlines Inc. plane awaits departure on Feb. 23, 2015. ANA Holdings Inc., the parent of All Nippon Airways, and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd have notified bankrupt Skymark Airlines of their plans to take part in the struggling airline's restructuring as the company ended accepting applications for sponsorship the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA Holdings, AirAsia presents sponsorship plan for Skymark

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2015, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. plane (front) and a Skymark Airlines Inc. plane at Fukuoka airport in southwestern Japan. ANA Holdings Inc., the parent of All Nippon Airways, and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd have notified bankrupt Skymark Airlines of their plans to take part in the struggling airline's restructuring as the company ended accepting applications for sponsorship the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delta official says no plan to back Skymark Airlines for now

Gail Grimmett, Delta Air Lines Inc. senior vice president of the New York region, meets the press in New York on Feb. 18, 2015. Delta has no plan to join in an initiative to rehabilitate Japan's bankrupt Skymark Airlines Inc. for now, Grimmett told reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo