Skymark Airlines Co., a new entry to the airline business, applied Friday to the Transport Ministry for a license to launch regular service between Tokyo and Fukuoka.
If Skymark begins the service later this year as scheduled, it will become the first national airline in 37 years to start operation in a market where three existing carriers are effectively dominant.
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