Accessibility Plan under the Canada Act (2023 to 2025)

ANA

At ANA, we believe that it is our responsibility as a provider of public transportation to create an environment where passengers with disabilities can fly comfortably. Based on the following policy, we will make various improvements in terms of convenience, and further strengthen and enhance our efforts toward universal services, aiming for a "sky that is friendly to all passengers," regardless of disability or age. At a time when the values of our customers are becoming increasingly diverse and the social environment is changing, we will promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and contribute to build a sustainable inclusive society in which everyone can live together.

Service Policy for Improving Accessibility

We will

  • Provide services that are easy for everyone to use
  • Provide support and create an environment that meets the needs of each customer
  • Create new experiences and joys with our customers

1. General

(1) Person responsible for the creation and feedback regarding the accessibility plan

Director / Manager CX Strategy, CX Management Office , ANA

(2) Contact method for receiving comments and requests regarding the plan

If you require an alternative format (print, large print, braille, audio format/CD, electronic format compatible with adaptive technology),please let us know via the below means.

You may submit your feedbacks on our accessibility plan in accordance with Canadian law on an anonymous basis.
To remain anonymous, please enter "ACA ANA" in the name field of the online form(E-mail).

  • * There must be a space between "ACA" and "ANA".
Name of Contact
US/Canada

ANA Customer Relations & Services, The Americas

Japan

ANA Customer Service Desk

Contact Method
E-mail
Phone
Mailing address
USA/Canada

21250 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 200 Torrance, CA 90503
ANA Customer Relations & Services, The Americas

Japan

Gate City Osaki Post Office Box No.15, Tokyo, 141-0032
ANA Customer Service Desk

  • Please note that there is no facility for face-to-face contact at the above address.

2. Content of the plan

Employment

  • (1) Based on our internal code of conduct for employment of persons with disabilities (formulated in 2015), which is a shared commitment of all ANA Group employees, we will further promote employment of persons with disabilities while strengthening cooperation throughout the ANA Group, centered on the team dedicated to promoting employment of persons with disabilities. (by 2025)
  • (2) We will develop both hardware and software to create an environment in which all employees with disabilities can demonstrate their strengths and play an active role even after they are hired. (by 2025)

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

  • (3)We will continue to meet the WCAG 2.1 level AA on our website, mobile website and apps to further enhance the convenience of our customers with disabilities. (by 2025)
  • (4)We will update the website with a structure and content that is easy for customers with disabilities to understand. (by 2024)
  • (5)We will store assistance information needed at airports and in-flight, etc., in an in-house system under strict security control, and continue to operate a service that reflects the registered assistance information when making reservations by phone or on the internet. (by 2025)

Communication, other than ICT

  • (6) Pictograms and information boards will continue to be placed and displayed in restrooms on board the aircraft and in airport lounges in locations that are easily seen by passengers with disabilities. (by 2025)
  • (7)We will continue to provide frontline staff with mind-building seminars and training in skills for communicating with customers with disabilities. (by 2025)
  • (8) We will ensure that flight attendants are thoroughly aware of service guidelines so that they can provide appropriate flight information to customers with visual or hearing impairments on board. (by 2025)

Procurement of Goods, Services and Facilities

  • (9)We will provide all employees, including those in the procurement and planning departments, with the opportunity to educate and enlighten themselves about the importance, significance and knowledge of accessibility through e-learning and open seminars to appropriately reflect accessibility when procuring products and services. (by 2025)

Design and Delivery of Programs and Services

  • (10)We will implement and consider the further introduction of assistive devices that allow passengers with disabilities and the elderly to move around the airport with ease and peace of mind.
    • Introduction of linked follow-type electric wheelchairs (in 2023, Narita Airport)
    • Consideration of introduction of self-driving wheelchairs (by 2025)
  • (11)We will consider shortening waiting times, including in-flight check-in procedures for wheelchairs. (in 2023)
  • (12)We will combine the strengths of human services and digital tools to further improve customer convenience and enhance support for customers with disabilities who are unfamiliar with digital tools. (by 2025)

Transportation (to / from the airport)

  • (13)Through the terminal operator, we will continue to work with railway and taxi companies to ensure convenient airport access for people with disabilities. (by 2025)

Built Environment

  • (14) We will continue efforts to install barrier-free onboard toilets. (by 2025)

3. Provisions of accessibility-related regulations

This plan has been prepared in accordance with the following laws and regulations.

4. Consultations

In order to provide convenient and comfortable air travel for passengers with disabilities, we believe it is important to consider what accessibility should be from the perspective of people with disabilities and reflect this in our services. Specifically, in addition to the feedback we receive from disabled customers and organization , we consult and discuss with employees with various disabilities at ANA WING FELLOWS VIE OJI Corporation ,within ANA Group, to plan and verify our services, which we have used in the past to develop new initiatives and improve current conditions.
To further deepen this process, we are considering conducting extensive monitoring and verification in the customer journey with people with disabilities.

The following description relates to consultation and discussion with disabled people during the preparation of this plan.

Date of discussion

April 6, 2023

Names of disabled people's organization & number of parties consulted

ANA WING FELLOWS VIE OJI , 4

Form of consultation

online meeting

Details of consultation

The comments were uniformly in agreement with each of the measures in the draft accessibility plan prepared by ANA.
However, the following two points were requested for consideration, and we responded that we would reflect them appropriately in this plan and continue to ensure that they would be implemented.

  • 2(5) Since people with disabilities are very concerned about the leakage of information about their disabilities, the strict security control of personal information stored in the system should be clearly stated.
  • 2(6) It is important that pictograms and information boards are not only displayed, but also placed and displayed in a position where they are easily seen by the parties concerned.