Airlines , Aircraft — December 27, 2021 07: 30 JST
Sapporo On December 26th at Okadama Airport, employees of the Hokkaido Air System (HAC, NTH / JL), which is the base of the airport, cleaned the second Saab 340B (registration code JA02HC). Employees from various departments, including President Eiji Takemura, cleaned the aircraft with gratitude and drew a message on the aircraft so that passengers could get on the clean aircraft on the last flight on the 27th. With the retirement of Unit 2, all aircraft of the same type operated by domestic airlines will disappear.
The charter on the 27th was canceled due to snowfall. The article is here .
HAC mechanic cleaning the second Saab 340B, which finished the last scheduled flight in the hangar at Okadama Airport=21 years December 26 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
26th Initially planned to operate two round trips and four flights on the Okadama-Hakodate and Kushiro routes, but due to the effects of snowfall, only JL2741 flights to Hakodate and JL2740 flights to Okadama in return were operated. HAC flights on that day were operated only by both flights, and cleaning work was carried out in the hangar at Okadama Airport after noon.
All flights were canceled in the afternoon, so in addition to Unit 2 in the hangar, the successor ATR 42-, which had all three aircraft in November. Four 600-type aircraft (48 seats per class) were lined up. After cleaning the inside and outside of the aircraft, employees wrote a message on the left side of the front of the aircraft, saying “It was small but reliable” and “Thank you for teaching me how to fly in the sky”, and the destination is marked with an illustration depicting the shape of Hokkaido. I wrote it in, and expressed my gratitude so far.
The Saab 340B has been in service since the time HAC entered service in 1998, and has 36 seats per class. The second of the three aircraft, which remained until the end, went into service in May 1998, and was the first of the three aircraft to be repainted with Tsurumaru paint in 2016.
On the 27th, a charter flight will be carried out to Kagoshima Airport, which will be sold and maintained. It takes about 8 hours to fly from Kagoshima to Kagoshima, and travels southward through the Japanese archipelago via Misawa Airport and Chubu Airport (Centrair).
C & L Aerospace, a subsidiary of the US C & L Aviation Group, which purchased all HAC serves, was the first to retire. Is being refurbished to a freighter.
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Cleaning of Saab 340B Unit 2 after the last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault HAC President Takemura and Employees=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
In the vault of Okadama Airport Lined up (clockwise from the front) Saab 340B No. 2, ATR42 No. 1, No. 3, No. 2=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Saab 340B Unit 2, ATR42 Units 1, 3, and 2=December 26, 2009, lined up in the Okadama Airport vault (clockwise from the bottom right) Sun PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Finished the last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault HAC employees cleaning the second Saab 340B=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Last scheduled flight at Okadama Airport vault HAC employees cleaning Saab 340B Unit 2 after operation=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
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HAC employees cleaning Saab 340B Unit 2, which finished its last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Okadama Airport HAC employee cleaning Saab 340B Unit 2 after the last scheduled flight in the vault=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Saab 340B Unit 2 that finished its last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault HAC cabin crew cleaning the cabin=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
hill HAC cabin crew cleaning the cabin of Saab 340B Unit 2, which finished its last scheduled flight at the vault at Tamaki Airport=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
At the Okadama Airport vault HAC employees cleaning the cockpit of Saab 340B Unit 2 after the last scheduled flight=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
The last in the vault at Okadama Airport HAC mechanic cleaning the second Saab 340B, which has completed regular flight operations=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Last in the vault at Okadama Airport HAC employees writing to the second Saab 340B, which has completed its regular flight service=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Saab 340B No. 2 that finished its last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault HAC President Takemura and cabin crew=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
The last in the vault at Okadama Airport HAC mechanic writing to Saab 340B Unit 2 after regular flight service=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
HAC employees who open the second whiskey hatch of Saab 340B, which has completed the last scheduled flight service at the Okadama Airport vault, and reproduce the exchanges at the airport=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Saab 340B Unit 2=21 written by employees after the last scheduled flight December 26, 2014 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Saab 340B Unit 2 written by employees after the last scheduled flight=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
HAC cabin crew writing to Saab 340B Unit 2, which finished its last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault=December 26, 2009 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Saab 340B Unit 2=21 years after the last scheduled flight at the Okadama Airport vault December 26 PHOTO: Tadayuki YOSHIKAWA / Aviation Wire
Related Links
Hokkaido Air System
In Kagoshima Sale maintenance
・ HAC, last Saab retired aircraft departs from Okatama for sale in Kagoshima (December 2009) 29th)
Regular flight last
・ HAC Saab 340B retired One round trip due to snowfall, last flight from Hakodate (December 26, 2009)
Unit 3 and Unit 1
・ HAC’s first Saab machine, the last 23-year history of the takeoff of the hill, to Kagoshima for sale and maintenance (21st year 9th) 11th of March)
・ HAC’s ・ Three Saab machines that can no longer be seen Photo special feature ・ HAC’s first retired machine JA03HC (February 12, 2009)
・ HAC, Employees Clean the Aircraft Before the Last Flight of Unit 3 First Retired Aircraft ( December 28, 2008)
