TOKYO January 27, 2010 - ANA Group today announced its Corporate Plan for fiscal year 2010, which runs from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. With the lethargic nature of economic recovery and the bankruptcy filed by Japan Airlines, the trend of slow recovery for the Japanese aviation business is likely to continue. Conversely, 2010 will be a year of expansion for ANA. Factors such as anticipated capacity increase at Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita airports, the scheduled delivery of Boeing 787, as well as Open Skies between Japan and the United States agreed in December 2009, will bring important business opportunities for ANA to expand. As a result, ANA expansion will be carefully monitored and in parallel to the market and its demands. Details follow below and are subject to approval by the relevant authorities. 1. International Passenger Operations (1) Routes from and to Tokyo, Narita ANA will increase the frequency of existing non-daily flights to daily flights. For routes to Europe, ANA will introduce a new route, Narita=Munich, starting from July 1. For routes to Asia, we will increase the frequency of Narita=Ho Chi Minh, Narita=Hangzhou and upsize the aircraft type of Narita=Qingdao. (2) Routes from and to Tokyo, Haneda ANA will expand international routes from Haneda, starting with the introduction of the new Haneda=Taipei (Songshan) route, as well as increasing the frequency of Haneda=Seoul (Gimpo), Haneda=Shanghai (Hongqiao) and Haneda=Beijing during the day. ANA is also considering night-time operation for routes to the West Coast of the United States and Southeast Asia. (3) Routes from and to Osaka, Kansai In order to reduce cost and regain profitability, ANA will decrease capacity for routes for Kansai international airport. (4) Feeder service to Narita ANA will increase the number of code-share services operated by IBEX Airlines starting from July 1 on routes for Narita=Komatsu and Narita=Hiroshima, which offer both airports more convenient access to the West Coast of the United States. ANA will also increase the frequency for the Narita=Nagoya route, tripling daily flights from August 1 and strengthening the international flight connection from the Chubu district (middle area of the mainland of Japan). New routes/ increased frequency (Narita)
New routes/ increased frequency (Haneda)
*also considering night-time operation for USA and Southeast Asia routes Aircraft –type change
Suspended routes/ decreased frequency
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