Press Release
NAR provides A/G Remote Connection Service for "TOKI AIR"
Nov 1 2022
Nippon Airport Radio Services Co.,LTD.
Nippon Airport Radio Services, NAR, an NTT group company, provides TOKI AIR, which plans to launch flights from its base at Niigata Airport, with the A/G Remote Connection Service that enables flight management at a centralized location in Niigata Airport.
TOKI AIR is the first airline based at Niigata Airport and is scheduled to start service in FY2022, and is planning flights to Hokkaido, Sendai, Aichi, Kansai, and other destinations. The airline also aims to launch its first scheduled flight from Tokyo to Sado Airport, which is timely given the registration of Sado Gold Mine as a World Heritage site.
NAR provides A/G (Air to Ground) Voice Communication Service for around 100 airlines at eight airports in Japan. In recent years, NAR has been expanding its A/G Remote Connection service, which enables users to operate wireless facilities at multiple airports from a remote central location by establishing a network system connecting A/G base stations.
The A/G Remote Connection service enables operation and management of multiple airports from a centralized location, and is particularly effective in consolidating the operation management bases of regional airlines. NAR has recently accommodated the A/G base stations at the TOKI AIR’s destination airports and TOKI AIR’s own stations into the system, enabling TOKI AIR’s operation control center in the Niigata Airport Building to communicate with aircraft at the destination airports.
NAR will continue to upgrade the system to accommodate TOKI AIR planned expansion to more destination airports. Furthermore, this service will be positioned as a platform that can be shared by newly established regional airlines, and both TOKI AIR and NAR will work together to expand the scope of its use, thereby contributing to the development of the airline business and the revitalization of the region and its airports.
