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Peach Aviation

Not to be confused with Peach Air, a defunct charter airline in the United Kingdom.

Peach Aviation Limited (ピーチ・アビエーション 株式会社, Pīchi Abiēshon Kabushiki Gaisha), operating as Peach, is a Japanese low-cost airline. Its head office is at Kansai International Airport and in Tajiri, Osaka Prefecture.[3]

Peach
ピーチ
Pīchi
IATA ICAO Call sign
MM APJ AIR PEACH
FoundedFebruary 10, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-10)
(as A&F Aviation)
Commenced operationsMarch 1, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-01)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer programPeach Points
Fleet size36
Destinations37[1]
Parent companyAll Nippon Airways
HeadquartersTajiri, Osaka, Japan
Key peopleKazunari Ohashi (Representative Director & CEO)
RevenueJPY 14.3 billion (FY June 2013)[2]
Operating incomeJPY 1,046 million (June 2013)[2]
Employees1,877 (1 February 2024)[3]
Websitewww.flypeach.com

History

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Aeroplaza (エアロプラザ, Earopuraza), current headquarters of Peach

Peach was formed in February 2011 as A&F Aviation, a joint venture between All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the First Eastern Investment Group, a Hong Kong-based private equity and venture capital firm. The company applied for an operating certificate in April 2011 and changed its name to Peach Aviation in May 2011.[4] Its shares were held in almost equal portions by ANA, FEIG, and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), ANA holding a slightly larger share of the three.[5] ANA controls 77.9% of Peach's stock as of 2018.[3]

Peach's brand development was conducted by CIA, Inc. and The Brand Architect Group, who engaged Neil Denari for aircraft livery design and James Wilkie for uniform design.[4] The airline is based at Kansai International Airport.[6] In July 2011, Peach received 1,909 applications for its first class of ninety flight attendants.[7]

At one time, its headquarters were located on the third floor of Aeroplaza (エアロプラザ, Earopuraza),[8] located on the property of Kansai International Airport in Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Prefecture.[9][10] On 1 August 2011, Peach announced that it was moving its operations office from Aeroplaza to Kensetsu-to.[11][12] At some point, the headquarters returned to Aeroplaza.[13]

Peach's first aircraft, an Airbus A320, was delivered to its home base at Kansai International Airport in November 2011.[14] Within its fleet, Peach has two named aircraft. Its first A320 was named Peach Dream; its tenth A320 was named Wing of Tohoku following a contest in which sixty elementary school students from the Tohoku region submitted proposals.[15] The airline's first flight was on 1 March 2012, between Osaka Kansai and New Chitose Airport, which serves the Sapporo metropolitan area.[16]

Peach was the most successful of the three new Japanese low-cost carriers during their first year of operations, with average load factors around 80 percent versus 70 percent for Jetstar Japan and 50 to 60 percent for AirAsia Japan. Peach's 24-hour operations and exclusive terminal at Kansai Airport were credited for its relative success,[17] as well as its stronger focus on certain passenger experience factors such as its reservations and check-in systems.[18]

However, during the summer 2014 season Peach cancelled over 2,000 planned flights (about 16% of its total capacity) due to a shortage of pilots. The airline planned to have 62 pilots by October 2014 but only had 52 as of April, eight of whom were unable to fly due to sickness or injury. Loss of pilots to other airlines was a contributing cause for the shortage.[19] It was later reported that Peach would consider allowing its pilots to commute from Tokyo Haneda to Osaka Kansai on other airlines, a practice rarely allowed in Japan, in order to attract candidates who were unwilling to relocate to Osaka.[20]

In May 2017, Peach became the first airline in Japan to accept bitcoin as payment.[21]

 
Inside the cabin of a Peach Airbus A320neo (2023)

On 22 March 2018, All Nippon Airways announced the integration of its two low-cost carrier subsidiaries Peach and Vanilla Air, with Peach as the surviving brand. Integration would begin during the second half of the 2018 fiscal year (FY) and to be completed by the end of FY2019. The combined airline also planned to operate over 50 aircraft and routes beyond FY2020, up from 35 aircraft and 39 routes at the time of the announcement, as well as targeted a ¥150 (1.37) billion revenue and a 10% operating profit for FY2020.[22] Vanilla Air ceased operations on 26 October 2019, with its operations integrated with Peach's.

Corporate affairs

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The key trends for Peach Aviation are (as of the financial year ending 31 March):[a][23]

Revenue[b]
(¥b) 		Number of
passengers
(m) 		Load factor
(%) 		Fleet size References
2017 87.5 7.7 86.3 [24]
2018 93.6 8.1 86.2 [24]
2019 81.9 7.2 83.1 34 [25]
2020 22.0 2.0 48.7 33 [26]
2021 37.8 4.2 61.6 35 [27]
2022 90.2 7.7 73.5 33 [28]

Destinations

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As of October 2023, Peach serves the following destinations:[29]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
China Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport [30]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport [31]
Japan Amami Amami Airport
Fukuoka Fukuoka Airport [16]
Ishigaki New Ishigaki Airport [32]
Kagoshima Kagoshima Airport [31]
Matsuyama Matsuyama Airport Terminated [33]
Miyazaki Miyazaki Airport [34]
Nagasaki Nagasaki Airport [31]
Nagoya Chubu Centrair International Airport
Naha Naha Airport Base [31]
Niigata Niigata Airport
Oita Oita Airport
Osaka Kansai International Airport Base [16]
Sapporo New Chitose Airport [31]
Sendai Sendai Airport Base [32][35]
Tokyo Haneda Airport [36]
Narita International Airport Base [37][38]
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport [39]
South Korea Busan Gimhae International Airport Terminated [32][40]
Seoul Incheon International Airport [31]
Taiwan Kaohsiung Kaohsiung International Airport [41]
Taipei Taoyuan International Airport [42]
Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport [43]

Fleet

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A Peach Airbus A320neo at Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea (2023)

As of 16 May 2024, Peach operates an all-Airbus A320 family fleet composed of the following aircraft:[44][45]

Peach Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 17 — 180 Older aircraft to be retired and replaced by Airbus A320neo.
Airbus A320neo 16 — 188 To replace older Airbus A320-200.[46][47][48][49]
Airbus A321LR 3 — 218
Total 36 0

Livery

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A Peach Airbus A320 departs Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, France on a pre-delivery flight. (2013)

The livery of Peach consists of a pink, purple and white colour scheme. The fuselage and vertical stabilizer are painted in pink and purple except for the front fuselage, which is painted in white. The brand name 'Peach' is painted on the vertical stabilizer and the front fuselage. Both wingtips are painted in pink.[citation needed]

Peach unveiled some special liveries as collab campaigns with brands, such as Toei Animation's Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure on an Airbus A320-200 (register code JA827P) on 4 March 2023,[50] Kadokawa's Kantai Collection[51] (register code JA816P), and Japanese band Back Number on another A320-200 (register code JA826P) on 6 June 2023.[52] Usually, collaboration brands are put in the bottom row at both side of the plane.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ until FY2019 including Vanilla Air
  2. ^ "Passenger revenues"

References

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