ANA Applies for OSAKA-TIANJIN,
OSAKA-FUKUOKA-SHANGHAI / Routes

TOKYO- 18 March 1998 All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA), Asia's largest airline, announced today that it has applied to the Ministry of Transport to commence services from Osaka to Tianjin, and to Shanghai via Fukuoka.

The Osaka-Tianjin services is scheduled to begin on 19 May, 3 times a week (increasing to 4 per week from July), utilizing Boeing 767-300 aircraft in a 217 seat, 2class configuration.
The Osaka-Fukuoka-Shanghai services is scheduled to begin on 18 May, twice a week (with the Fukuoka-Shanghai services 3 times a week), utilizing Boeing 767-300 aircraft in a 217 seat, 2 class configuration.

Tianjin is a big industrial city with a population of 9 million. The number of Japanese firms, mainly in the bicycle, electric and machine industry, which have entered Tianjin has reached almost 700 (as of December 1996). Shanghai is also the largest Chinese city known for its commerce and industry. Shanghai along with Beijing is said to be the gateway to China, conncecting the domestic network of Southern China to the international network world-wide.

With the above additions, ANA's total service to China has increased from its current 5 cities-Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai, Qingdao and Hong Kong-to 6 cities.

The new services together with ANA's 1998 corporate plan for China are as follows:

Osaka (Kansai)-Tianjin
1. Beginning Date of Operation : 19 May 1998
2. Type of Aircraft : Boeing 767-300 (C:46/Y:171/Total:217)
3. Frequency : 19 May through 30 June (Tue/Thu/Sat)
1 July onwards (Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat)
4. Timetable :

Depart Osaka Arrive Tianjin Flight Time
NH 949 09:55 11:50 02+55

Depart Tianjin Arrive Osaka
NH 950 13:10 16:45 02+35

Osaka (Kansai)-Fukuoka-Shanghai
1. Beginning Date of Operation : 18 May 1998
2. Type of Aircraft : Boeing 767-300 (C:46/Y:171/Total:217)
3. Frequency :
Osaka-Fukuoka-Shanghai (2 round-trips/week)
Depart Osaka (Mon/Thu)
Depart Shanghai (Wed/Fri)
Fukuoka-Shanghai (1 round-trip/week)
Depart Fukuoka (Tue)
Depart Shanghai (Tue)
4. Timetable :

Day of Week/Flight Number Local Time Flight Time
Mon/Thu
NH 945		 Depart Osaka:
Arrive Fukuoka:		 15:35
16:40 		1+05
Mon/Tue/Thu
NH 945		 Depart Fukuoka:
Arrive Shanghai:		 17:30
18:20		 1+50
Tue/Wed/Fri
NH 946		 Depart Shanghai
Arrive Fukuoka		 09:55
12:35		 1+40
Wed/Fri
NH 946 		Depart Fukuoka:
Arrive Osaka:		 13:30
14:30 		1+00

1998 Corporate Plan (China)

 ANA will commence services for the following routes after receiving government approval.
New Routes
1. Departing Narita
To Qingdao (1 RT/week, after July)
2. Departing Kansai
To Shenyang (2 RT/week, after July via Dalian)
To Xiamen (2 RT/week, after July)
Increased Frequencies
1. Departing Narita
To Dalian (1->2 RT/week, beginning 3 July)
2. Departing Kansai
To Dalian (3->6 RT/week, from Summer Schedule)
To Qingdao (2->3 to 5 RT/week, from Summer Schedule)
To Shanghai (6->7 RT/week, from Summer Schedule)
Summer Schedule begins from 29 March.
RT=round-trip
ends