These Conditions of Carriage are effective as of May 19, 2026.
“Agent” means any director, officer, employee, agent or contractor of the Company who assists in the performance of the Contract of Carriage.
“Agreed Stopping Places” means those places, other than the place of departure and the Destination, set forth in a Ticket and/or any Conjunction Ticket issued in connection therewith as scheduled stopping places on the Passenger’s route, or shown in Carrier’s timetable.
“Applicable Laws” means such laws, cabinet orders and ministerial ordinances and other governmental regulations, rules, orders, demands or requirements of any state or country as will apply to Carriage of a Passenger and/or Baggage to be performed by the Company.
“Authorised Agency” means a Passenger sales agent appointed by a Carrier to represent the Carrier in the sale of Carriage of Passengers over the services of the Carrier and, if authorised by the Carrier, over the services of any other Carrier.
“Baggage” means such articles, effects and other personal property of a Passenger as are necessary or appropriate for wear, use, comfort or convenience in connection with his/her travel. Unless otherwise specified, it includes both Checked and Unchecked Baggage of the Passenger.
“Baggage Identification Tag” means a document issued by a Carrier solely for the purpose of identification of Checked Baggage and consisting of two portions: the baggage tag portion which is attached by the Carrier to a particular article of Checked Baggage and the Baggage claim stub which is given to the Passenger.
“Carriage” means carriage of a Passenger and/or Baggage by air, gratuitous or for reward.
“Carrier” means an air carrier and shall include an air carrier issuing a Ticket and any air carrier that carries a Passenger and/or his/her Baggage under the Ticket or provides or undertakes to provide any other services incidental to such Carriage.
"Checked Baggage" means Baggage of which a Carrier takes custody and for which the Carrier issues Baggage Claim Tag.
“Child” means a person who has reached his/her second birthday but not his/her twelfth birthday as of the date of commencement of Carriage.
"Company(s)" means, collectively or individually, as the case may be, ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS COMPANY, LTD and ANA WINGS COMPANY, LTD.
“Company’s Office” means a Company’s office and the Company’s website on the Internet.
“Company's Regulations” means the Company's rules and regulations, other than these Conditions of Carriage, for Carriage of Passengers and/or Baggage including, but not limited to, the Company's tables of fares, rates and charges.
“Conjunction Ticket” means a Ticket issued to a Passenger in conjunction with another Ticket which together constitute a single contract of Carriage.
“Convention” means whichever of the following instruments is applicable to the contract of Carriage:
“Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air”, signed at Warsaw on 12th October, 1929 (hereinafter referred to as the “Warsaw Convention”);
“Warsaw Convention as amended at Hague in 1955” signed at Hague on 28th September, 1955;
“Warsaw Convention” as amended by Additional Protocol No.1 of Montreal 1975;
“Warsaw Convention as amended at Hague in 1955” as amended by Additional Protocol No.2 of Montreal 1975, and “Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air”, done at Montreal on 28th May, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the "Montreal Convention").
“Days” means calendar days including all seven days of the week; provided that, for the purpose of calculating the number of days of a notice period, the day upon which such notice is dispatched shall not be counted and further provided that, for the purpose of determining the period of validity of a Ticket, the day upon which the Ticket is issued, or the flight is commenced, shall not be counted.
“Destination” means the ultimate stopping place under a contract of Carriage. In the case of a trip which returns to the place of departure, the Destination is the same as the place of departure.
“Domestic Carriage” means Carriage other than international Carriage, in which, according to a contract of Carriage, the place of departure and, the Destination, or all Agreed Stopping Places are situated within Japan.
“Electronic Miscellaneous Document” means an electronic document issued by a Carrier or its Authorised Agency, requesting issue of an appropriate Ticket or provision of travel services to the person named in such electronic document.
“Flight Coupon” means a coupon in the form recorded in the Company's database that indicates particular places between which the coupon is good for Carriage.
“French Gold Francs” means French francs consisting of 65 1/2 milligrams of gold at the standard of fineness of nine hundred thousandths. French Gold Francs may be converted into any national currency in round figures.
“Infant” means a person who has not reached his/her second birthday as of the date of commencement of Carriage.
“International Carriage” means (except where the Convention is applicable) Carriage in which, according to a contract of Carriage, the place of departure and, the Destination or Agreed Stopping Place, are situated in two or more countries. As used in this definition, the term "country", which is equivalent to "state", shall include any territory subject to its sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate, authority or trusteeship.
"Itinerary/Receipt" means a document or documents forming part of the Electronic Ticket which contains the information such as the itinerary, ticket information, a portion of the conditions of a contract of Carriage and notices relating thereto. This document shall constitute a Passenger's written evidence of a contract of Carriage.
“Passenger” means any person, except crew members, carried or to be carried in an aircraft with the consent of a Carrier.
“Rerouting” means any change in a routing, Carrier, class of service, flight or period of validity from that originally provided in the duly-issued Ticket which a Passenger presents for Carriage.
“SDR” means Special Drawing Rights as defined by the International Monetary Fund. Conversion of the SDR sum into a national currency shall, in the case of judicial proceedings, be made at the exchange rate between the currency and SDR prevailing on the date of the final court hearing of such proceedings and, in any other case, at the exchange rate between the currency and SDR prevailing on the date on which the amount of the damages is finally fixed or on which the value of Baggage is declared.
“Stopover” means such deliberate interruption of a travel by a Passenger, at a point between the place of departure and the Destination, as is agreed to in advance by the Carrier.
“Ticket” means the Electronic Ticket, in each case issued and have been recorded in the Company's database by a Carrier or its Authorised Agency for Carriage of a Passenger and/or Baggage, setting forth a portion of the conditions of a contract of Carriage and notices relating thereto and containing Flight Coupon and Itinerary/Receipt pursuant to these Conditions of Carriage.
“Unchecked Baggage” means any Baggage other than Checked Baggage.
Nothing in these Conditions of Carriage or the Company's Regulations shall, unless permitted by the Convention and otherwise expressly provided herein, constitute a modification by the Company of any provision of, or waiver by the Company of any right granted to it by, the Convention.
Passenger fares, Excess Baggage charges, other fees and charges, timetables and other necessary information shall be posted together with these Conditions of Carriage at any Company’s Office and its Authorized Agent.
With respect to gratuitous Carriage, the Company reserves the right to exclude the application of any provisions of these Conditions of Carriage.
Carriage of Passengers and/or Baggage to be performed pursuant to a charter agreement with the Company shall be subject to the Company's Conditions of Carriage applicable to charter flights.
Except as will be prohibited by Applicable Laws, the Company may change, modify or amend any provision of these Conditions of Carriage or of the Company's Regulations; provided that such change, modification or amendment shall be notified by posting on its website or in any other appropriate manner for a reasonable period of time.
Any Carriage of Passengers and/or Baggage shall be subject to these Conditions of Carriage and the Company's Regulations in effect as of the date of commencement of the Carriage covered by the first Flight Coupon of the Ticket.
Passengers shall be deemed to have acknowledged and given consent to these Conditions of Carriage and the Company’s Regulations established under these Conditions for Carriage of Passengers and/or Baggage.
Stopovers may be permitted at any Agreed Stopping Place subject to Applicable Laws and the Company's Regulations.
Fares shall apply only to Carriage from the airport at the place of departure to the airport at the Destination and shall not include ground transportation service within airport areas, between airports or between an airport and downtown areas, except in the case that the Company's Regulations specifically provide that such ground transportation service will be provided by the Company without additional charge therefor.
Unless otherwise provided in the Company's Regulations, fares shall apply only to a routing published in connection therewith. If there are more than one routings at the same fare, a Passenger may specify the routing prior to issuance of a Ticket. If he/she does not specify the routing, the Company may determine the routing.
Any tax, fee or charge imposed by a government or other public authority or by an operator of an airport in respect to a Passenger or his/her use of any services or facilities shall be in addition to the published fares, fees and charges and be payable by the Passenger; provided, however, that fares and charges on Domestic Carriage shall include an amount equal to consumption taxes (including local consumption taxes).
Fares and charges may be paid in a currency to be specified by the Company subject to Applicable Laws other than the currency in which the fare or charge is published. If a payment is made in a currency other than the currency in which the fare or charge is published, such payment shall be made at the rate of exchange established in accordance with the Company's Regulations.
The Company will accept applications for seat reservations, at the earliest, 355 days prior to the scheduled date of the flight at the Company’s Offices, unless otherwise provided for by the Company with respect to a passenger paying a special fare.
If a Ticket is not issued for a Passenger prior to the ticketing time limit specified by the Company, the Company may cancel his/her reservation.
The Company may, without a prior notice, change the seat assigned by a Passenger due to a ship change or other reason. Such change shall include a change in seat position, seat type and specification.
A service charge shall, upon the Company's request and in accordance with the Company's Regulations, be paid by a Passenger who fails to use a seat of which a reservation is made.
In the event that reconfirmation of reservations is required in accordance with regulations of any Carrier other than the Company, the Company may cancel the onward the Company’s flight reservations thereafter for a Passenger when he/she fails to reconfirm a reservation of the Carrier within the time specified by the Carrier.
A Passenger shall, unless the Company agrees otherwise, bear any communication expense for telephone or other communication facility used in connection with making or canceling a reservation.
A Passenger agrees that his/her personal data will be furnished to the Company by the Passenger or his/her agent, will be retained by the Company or, if the Company deems necessary, will be transmitted by the Company to any of its own offices, and other Carriers, the providers of travel services, government authorities or other entity or agency in countries to be flown from, into or over, or in countries of transit and transfer, for the purpose of making a reservation for Carriage, obtaining ancillary services, facilitating immigration and entry requirements or making available such data to government authorities or for any other purpose which the Company deems necessary in order to facilitate any convenience of the travel for the Passenger.
Passengers shall observe the instructions of Agent and crew member with respect to boarding, deplaning and/or any other conduct/behavior at airports or on board, or with respect to places of loading or unloading of the Passenger’s Baggage.
The Company may refuse Carriage of, or remove, any Passenger, and in such case his/her Baggage will be handled in the same way, if the Company determines at its reasonable discretion that:
In the case of sub-paragraph 5(c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Article, the Company may take such other measures as the Company deems necessary to prevent the Passenger from continuing such conduct, failure, obstruction or act which measures shall include, but not limited to, restraint of the Passenger.
If a Passenger whose status, age or mental or physical condition may cause any hazard or risk to himself/herself is carried, the Company shall not be liable for death of, or any injury, illness, wounding or disability suffered by, the Passenger or any aggravation or consequences thereof due to such status, age or mental or physical condition.
Fares, taxes, fees and charges shall not be refundable after 30 days of the expiration of the Ticket.
Any refund will be made subject to Applicable Laws of the country in which a Ticket is originally paid for and of the country in which the refund is made.
Any refund will normally be made in the currency in which the Ticket is paid for but may be made in other currency in accordance with the Company's Regulations.
Unless otherwise provided in the Company's Regulations, the Company will make a voluntary refund for a Ticket only in case the Company or its Authorised Agency originally issued the Ticket.
If the number of Passengers (only those who have presented his/her Ticket, with confirmed reservation, for check-in at a Company’s airport office by the time stipulated by the Company) with valid seat reservations on a flight exceeds the seating capacity of the flight and therefore seats are not available to some Passengers under the Company’s responsibility, the Company shall call for volunteers prepared to surrender their confirmed reservations. If there are not enough volunteers, the Company may deny boarding to other Passengers based on the boarding priority set by the Company. The Company shall provide a certain amount of payment stipulated by the Company to those Passengers who accept to cancel his/her flight as a cooperation reward, in addition to any arrangements set forth in sub-paragraph 3 or 4 of paragraph (C) of this Article.
In the event of a delay of an aircraft on the ground at any airports of the United States of America during which Passengers are not allowed to deplane, the Company will use reasonable efforts to comply with any applicable contingency plan, but compliance with the plan is not guaranteed and is not part of these Conditions of Carriage. Additionally, for Passengers traveling on a codeshare flight operated by another Carrier the applicable contingency plan, if any, will be the contingency plan of the operating Carrier.
In addition to the free Baggage allowance provided in the preceding paragraph (E) above, the Company will carry as Baggage, without additional charge, a Passenger's personal belongings, permitted by the Company's Regulations only when the Passenger carries and retains them.
Unless otherwise provided in the Company's Regulations, the Company will not arrange for, operate or provide ground transportation service within airport areas, between airports or between an airport and downtown areas. Except ground transportation service is directly operated by the Company, any such service will be provided by an independent operator who is not and shall not be deemed an agent or servant of the Company. Even in case Agent of the Company assists a Passenger in making arrangements for such ground transportation service, the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of such independent operator. In the event that the Company operates for a Passenger such ground transportation service, the Company's Regulations including, but not limited to, those stated or referred to in those regulations concerning Tickets, value of Baggage or otherwise shall be deemed applicable to such ground transportation service. No portion of fares shall be refundable even in case such ground transportation service is not used.
In making arrangements for hotel or other services incidental to Carriage for a Passenger, whether or not the Company bears the cost of such hotel or other services and/or of arrangements therefor, the Company shall not be liable for any loss, damage or costs or expenses incurred by the Passenger as a result of or in connection with such hotel or other services and/or arrangement therefor.
In-flight meals will, if served, be free of charge, except as otherwise provided in the Company's Regulations.
A Passenger shall comply with and observe all Applicable Laws of countries concerned such as countries to be flown from, into or over, the Company's Regulations and instructions to be given by the Company. The Company shall be liable neither for any aid, assistance, guidance or otherwise given by an Agent of the Company to the Passenger, whether given orally, in writing or otherwise, in connection with his/her obtaining exit, entry and other necessary documents or complying with or observing such Applicable Laws nor for the Passenger's failure to obtain such documents or to comply with or observe such Applicable Laws as a result of such aid, assistance, guidance or otherwise.
Whenever required, a Passenger's Baggage shall, whether checked or unchecked, be subject to any inspection to be conducted by customs or other government officials. The Company shall not be responsible in any respect to a Passenger for his/her failure to comply with this paragraph. A Passenger shall indemnify the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company in connection with the Passenger's failure to comply with this paragraph.
The Company shall not be responsible to a Passenger in any respect for its refusal of Carriage of the Passenger if the Company at its reasonable discretion determines, or any Applicable Laws require, such refusal.
No claim for damage may be made in the case of damage to Baggage, unless the person entitled to delivery complains to an office of the Company forthwith after the discovery thereof and no later than 7 Days after the date of receipt (excluding the date of receipt); and, in the case of delay or loss, unless the complaint is made no later than 21 Days after the date (excluding such date) on which the Baggage has been (in the case of delay) or should have been (in the case of loss) placed at his/her disposal. Every complaint must be in writing and dispatched within the time aforesaid.
In case Carriage is not "International Carriage" as defined in the Convention, failure to give such notice of complaint shall not prevent a claimant's filing a suit if the claimant proves that:
Any right to damages against the Company’s liability in International Carriage shall be extinguished unless an action is brought within 2 years reckoned from the date of arrival at the Destination, from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the Carriage stopped.
For International Carriage, the jurisdiction over any dispute concerning carriage under these Conditions of Carriage shall be subject to the provisions of the Convention and Applicable Laws.
For Domestic Carriage, any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, these Conditions of Carriage shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Japanese courts and legal proceedings therefor shall be governed by the laws of Japan, no matter who is entitled to claim for damages or what the legal basis for such claim is.
To the extent not in conflict with Applicable Laws, any lawsuit brought by a Passenger against the Company will be brought only in the Passenger's individual capacity, and may not be brought in or asserted as part of a class action proceeding.
Any provision contained or referred to in a Ticket or in these Conditions of Carriage or the Company's Regulations shall, even if it is in violation of Applicable Laws and is invalid, remain valid to the extent not in conflict with Applicable Laws. The invalidity of any provision shall not affect any other provision.
No Agent of the Company shall have authority to alter, modify or waive any provision of the contract of Carriage or of these Conditions of Carriage or the Company's Regulations.
These Conditions of Carriage shall come into effect as of May 19, 2026