TOKYO April 15, 2009 -The Unions of four ANA subsidiary airlines commenced 24 hour strike action today to express dissatisfaction with the management stance in their spring round of talks. The unions in question are: Air Nippon Crew’s Association, composed of 473 pilots; Air Nippon Network Pilot Union, composed of 57 pilots; Air Next Crew’s Association, composed of 23 pilots and Air Central Pilots’ Union, composed of 52 pilots.

Air Nippon, Air Nippon Network, Air Next and Air Central did their utmost in negotiations to avoid the strike, however notice was received at 02:45 that it would go ahead. The management of the four airlines extend their sincere apologies to customers for any disruption and inconvenience caused.

163 flights, accounting for 18.4% of a total of 886 flights operating under the ANA flight code will be affected:

Passengers intending to take ANA domestic flights today are kindly requested check the status of their flights with the ANA Reservations Center (0120-029-222/ 0570-029-222), on ANA Skyweb (www.ana.co.jp) or by contacting any ANA branch.

No international flights will be affected.

All domestic and international flights will operate as scheduled from tomorrow.