Japan Air System
Japan Air System (JAS, 日本エアシステム) was the smallest of the Big 3 Japanese airlines. Its IATA designator was JD. In contrast to JAL and ANA, its international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports that were not served by the two larger airlines.
The company was originally formed as TOA Domestic Airlines (TDA) in a merger between TOA Airways and Japan Domestic in 1971. In 1988 the current name Japan Air System (JAS) was taken up.
JAS was famous for its variety of aircraft liveries. Many of its color schemes in the 1990s were designed by film director Akira Kurosawa and incorporated abstract, rainbow-like images.
On October 2, 2002, Japan Air System merged with JAL to form a new holding company entitled Japan Airlines System (日本航空システム). The merger was officially completed on April 1, 2004 with the retirement of all JAS flight codes, check-in desks and plane liveries.
At the time of its absorption into JAL, JAS was operating Airbus A300, Boeing 777, and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft.
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