As regular fliers across the top of the world, we've often wondered why some of the most strategically placed nations haven't decided to join forces and pool their best resources to create a more likeable and limber transport brand. With increasing focus on the strategic and economic importance of the Arctic region, there's also a gap for a new airline to focus its efforts on linking major hubs (and the world) via some of the speediest air corridors in the world.

Nippon Nordic Air is a new type of airline designed to fill a void left by legacy carriers that have run out of ideas and money and upstart mega-carriers that lack social currency and good taste. Operating from bases in Sapporo, Stockholm and Winnipeg, Nippon Nordic combines the flying skills of Canada's best pilots, the design ingenuity of Sweden and Japan's best designers and engineers and the gracious service of a Kyoto ryokan.

Developed by Monocle's editors, our siblings at the design agency Winkreative and illustrator Gaku Nakagawa, Nippon Nordic operates one of the youngest, most advanced fleets in the world and has been developed to offer the most dignified flying experience in civil aviation.