TOKYO--(Marketwire - 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, 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 the 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 within 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 low demand 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)
Routing Start Current New Narita-Munich July 1 - 777-300ER 7/ week Narita-Shenyang March 28 737-700 3/week 737-700 7/ week Narita-Hangzhou March 28 737-700 4/week A320-200 7/ week Narita-Ho Chi Minh March 28 767-300ER 5/week 767-300ER 7/ week
New routes/ increased frequency (Haneda)
Routing Start Current New Haneda-Taipei Oct 31 - B767-300ER 14/ week (Songshan) Haneda-Seoul Oct 31 777-200ER 14/ week 777-200ER 21/ week (Gimpo) Haneda-Beijing Oct 31 767-300ER 7/ week 767-300ER 14/ week Haneda-Shanghai Oct 31 767-300ER 7/ week 777-200ER 7/ week (Hongqiao) 767-300ER 7/ week Haneda-Hong Kong Oct 31 767-300ER 7/ week 777-200ER 7/ week *also considering night-time operation for USA and Southeast Asia routes
Aircraft -type change
Routing Start Current New Remarks Narita-Shanghai March 28 777-200ER 14/ week 767-300ER 7/ week NH919/920 (Pudong) A320-200 7/ week NH959/960 777-200ER 7/ week NH921/922 Narita-Honolulu March 28 767-300ER 7/ week 777-200ER 7/ week - Narita-Qingdao March 28 A320-200 7/ week 767-300ER 7/ week - Narita-Guanzhou March 28 767-300ER 7/ week 737-700 7/ week - Narita-Beijing August 1 767-300ER 14/ week A320-200 7/ week NH905/906 767-300ER 7/ week NH955/956 Nagoya-Shanghai October 31 A320-200 7/ week 737-700 7/ week - (Pudong)
Suspended routes/ decreased frequency
Routing Start Current New Remarks Kansai-Seoul March 28 737-700 7/ week - - (Gimpo) Kansai-Xiamen March 28 737-700 4/ week - - Kansai-Qingdao March 28 A320-200 7/ week 737-700 4/ week operate on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 2. Domestic Passenger Operations (1) Realignment of routes in Hokkaido -- ANA will shift its 5 routes (14 flights/ day) that operate between Okadama (Hokkaido) and other local airports inside Hokkaido to New Chitose airport (Hokkaido). New Chitose airport connects Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, to a number of other cities in Japan, and this shift will capture the demands of customers from Hokkaido to access outside the prefecture more efficiently. (2) Enhancement of routes from Haneda -- ANA will increase the frequency of the Haneda=Okinawa route from August 1 to October 31. We will also consider reopening the Haneda=Tokushima route in conjunction with the expansion of landing slots in Haneda airport in March 2011. (3) Seasonal expansion -- ANA will continue to monitor seasonal traffic demands and reinstate or increase frequency of certain routes if and when appropriate.
New routes/ increased frequency
Routing Start Current Frequency New Frequency Nagoya-Akita April 1 1/ day 2/ day (1/ day during Nov-Mar) Kansai-Asahikawa June 1 - 1/ day (Jun-Sep) Kansai-Hakodate June 1 1/ day 1/ day (2/ day during Jun-Sep) Narita-Sapporo July 1 1/ day 2/ day Itami-Matsuyama July 1 8/ day 9/ day Itami-Kochi July 1 8/ day 9/ day Sendai-Sapporo July 1 3/ day 4/ day * Niigata-Sapporo July 1 1/ day (Jun-Sep) 1/ day (2/ day during Jun-Sep) Narita-Nagoya August 1 2/ day 3/ day Haneda-Okinawa August 1 9/ day 9/ day (10/ day during Aug-Oct) *scheduled for codeshare with AIR DO and IBEX airlines for this route
Realignment of routes on Hokkaido
Routing Start Current Frequency New Frequency Okadama-Wakkanai July 1 1/ day - Okadama-Memanbetsu July 1 2/ day - Okadama-Nakashibetsu July 1 3/ day - Okadama-Kushiro July 1 3/ day - Okadama-Hakodate July 1 5/ day (4/ day on Sat and Sun) - Sapporo-Wakkanai July 1 1/ day 2/ day Sapporo-Memanbetsu July 1 - 2/ day Sapporo-Nakashibetsu July 1 - 3/ day Sapporo-Kushiro July 1 - 3/ day Sapporo-Hakodate July 1 - 5/ day (4/ day on Sat and Sun)
Suspended routes/ decreased frequency/ reduced period of operation
Routing Start Current Frequency New Frequency Fukuoka-Ishigaki April 1 1/ day 1/ day (Apr-Oct, Feb-Mar) (Apr 29-May 5, Jul-Oct) Nagoya-Sendai April 1 5/ day 4/ day Okayama-Sapporo May 1 1/ day 1/ day (Jun-Sep, Mar) (May-Oct) Niigata-Okinawa June 1 1/ day 1/ day (Apr-May, Oct-Mar Hiroshima-Sapporo June 1 1/ day (Jun-Sep) - Itami-Sendai July 1 6/ day 5/ day * Itami-Fukuoka July 1 8/ day 7/ day * Itami-Oita July 1 3/ day 2/ day * Fukuoka-Sendai August 1 1/ day - * *scheduled for a codeshare with IBEX airlines 3. Cargo Operations ANA will continue its operation of the Okinawa cargo hub which started in October 2009. By making cargo ANA's third core business we hope to both strengthen and build upon its success to date. 4. Fleet Plan ANA is scheduled to take delivery of the world's first Boeing 787 during 3Q (October to December) of 2010. The highly innovative Dreamliner had a successful test flight in November last year and a number of successful subsequent test flights since then. We will also complete our retirement plan for our Boeing 747-400 (international) during FY10. The details of new deliveries and retirements of aircraft are shown in the table below; Delivery No Retirement No Boeing 777-300ER 4 Boeing 747-400 3 Boeing 787-8 8 Boeing 767-300ER 2 Boeing 767-300ER 5 Airbus A320-200 1 Boeing 767-300BCF 2 Boeing 737-500 1 Boeing 737-800 5 - - - Bombardier DHC8-Q400 1 - - - *subject to change 5. ANA Group capacity in FY10 In comparison with FY09 Domestic International Cargo Passenger Passenger Number of Flights 98.6% 114.8% 130.2% Available Seat Kilometers (ton kilometers for cargo) 96.3% 111.2% 121.1% *ANA Group operated flights
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