TOKYO April 25, 2013 - ANA, Japan’s largest airline, today announces changes to its baggage policy for international flights. The changes apply to tickets all issued on or after Saturday June 1, 2013.

Baggage rules around the world have become increasingly complex as a result of IATA deregulation, which allows individual airlines to freely adopt their own baggage regulations. Coupled with this, changes to the US Department of Transport baggage rules, which came into effect from July 2012, mean that the baggage policy on code-share flights is determined by the first or most significant “marketing carrier” (the airline selling the ticket) rather than the “operating carrier” (the airline operating the flight).

ANA Group has strong partnerships with a number of airlines around the globe, enabling it to provide comprehensive travel routes for its customers. In order to consistently improve ease of travel for our customers, ANA is working to standardize baggage rules with its partner airlines. ANA aims to provide an easy-to-understand, simple service by ensuring that, in the vast majority of cases, a single set of baggage rules is applied even when passengers fly on code-share flights, transfer to another airline, or fly outbound and return flights on different airlines. The changes to our International Baggage Policy are set out below.

*Upon approval from relevant authorities.

Free Baggage Allowance

(a) Adults & Children

(b) Infants

ANA allows one stroller, one infant carrying seat, or one car seat per infant or child. This will not be considered as part of the Free Baggage Allowance and will be free of charge as in the past.

For the convenience of our customers, new charges for the 2nd piece of excess baggage will be introduced.

Excess Baggage Charges

(1) International Flights
The table below shows the excess baggage charges according to baggage type and route.

(2) Domestic Flights when the Conditions of Carriage for international flight apply.
The table below shows the excess baggage charges for Japanese domestic flights including stopovers.

Pets are accepted; however, as in the past, they do not qualify under the Free Baggage Allowance.

Along with the changes in its Free Baggage Allowance Policy, ANA has modified its special baggage handling policy for sports equipments and musical instruments.
If the linear dimensions total 203cm or less, excess baggage charges will not apply.

Carry-on and personal items within the range of 55cm × 40cm × 25cm in size and 115cm in total linear dimensions are allowed, as before.

The Preferential Free Baggage Allowance for premium customers on ANA operated flights will change as shown in the below table.

(*): This is subject to the Baggage Policy of the carrier for the relevant itinerary. In the case that the Baggage Policy of the carrier is based on weight, the Free Baggage Allowance for the class + 20kg is allowed.

Contact: Ryosei Nomura and Megumi Tezuka, ANA Public Relations TEL +81-3-6735-1111

About ANA
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the eighth largest airline in the world by revenues (2011) and the largest in Japan by passenger numbers (2011). Founded in 1952, ANA flies today to 31 international destinations and 50 domestic cities with a fleet of 232 aircraft serving a network of 175 routes. ANA has 14,000 employees. In 2011, it carried 43 million passengers and generated revenues of $17.1 bn. ANA has been a core member of Star Alliance since 1999 and has joint-ventures with United Airlines on trans-Pacific and Asia routes and with Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines and Austrian Airlines on Japan-Europe routes. Its Frequent Flyer Program, ANA Mileage Club, has more than 24 million members.to. ANA was voted Airline of the Year for 2013 by Air Transport World Magazines, and was awarded five stars by the world’s leading Airline and Airport review site, SKYTRAX. ANA is the launch customers and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.