{{Short description|Japanese airline}} {{Infobox airline |airline = First Flying |logo = |logo_size = |IATA = |ICAO = DAK |callsign = None |parent = |founded = June 14, 1966 |commenced = |headquarters = [[Yao Airport]] |key_people = |hubs = [[Yao Airport]]<br />[[Hiroshima-Nishi Airport]]<br />[[Naha Airport]]<br />[[New Ishigaki Airport]] |focus_cities = |frequent_flyer = |lounge = |alliance = |subsidiaries = |fleet_size = 18 |destinations = 4 |website = [http://dai1air.com/ dai1air.com] }} {{nihongo|'''First Flying Co., Ltd.'''|第一航空株式会社|Dai-Ichi Kōkū Kabushiki-Gaisha}} is an air carrier based at [[Yao Airport]] in [[Yao, Osaka|Yao]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. It operates interisland passenger service in [[Okinawa Prefecture]] and provides sightseeing flights, flight training, a [[flying club]] and other irregular services at [[Yao Airport]] and [[Hiroshima-Nishi Airport]].
==Destinations== First Flying's service in Okinawa and New Ishigaki follows a timetable, therefore flights may be cancelled if there are no passengers. * [[Aguni Airport]] * [[Naha Airport]] * [[New Ishigaki Airport]] * [[Hateruma Airport]]
First Flying resumed service between [[New Ishigaki Airport]], [[Hateruma Airport]] and [[Tarama Airport]] in January 2024 using Twin Otter aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|title=波照間、空路が再開 15年2カ月ぶり 第一航空が就航|url=https://www.y-mainichi.co.jp/news/40207/|archive-date=2024-07-09|access-date=2024-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709161239/https://www.y-mainichi.co.jp/news/40207/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Fleet== First Flying operates{{when|date=September 2021}} the following fleet:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dai1air.com/company/company.html |title=第一航空株式会社 |access-date=2013-07-17 |archive-date=2013-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724013427/http://dai1air.com/company/company.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- !Aircraft !Total |- |[[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander]] |3 |- |[[Cessna 208]] |3 |- |[[Cessna 206]] |3 |- |[[Cessna 172]] |5 |- |[[Robinson R44]] |2 |- |[[Robinson R22]] |2 |- |[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|De Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 Twin Otter]] |2 (as of August 2025)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - First Flying |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=63}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://dai1air.com/ First Flying website] {{in lang|ja}}
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