Japan Air Commuter takes first ATR in quest for foreign tourists
January 20, 2017 at 18:31 PM EST
TOULOUSE, France, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Japan Air Commuter (JAC) took delivery of its first European ATR turboprop airplane on Friday, gambling on attracting foreign tourists to a little-visited archipelago as Japan bids to place Amami and Ryukyu islands on UNESCO's World Heritage list.