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TOKYO, February 7, 2002 — All Nippon Airways (ANA), Air Nippon
(ANK) and Air Japan (AJX) today announced the ANA Group business plan for FY 2002,
April 1, 2002-March 31, 2003.
The fiscal year begins in the wake of a series of changes that have created a
paradigm shift in the ANA operating environment. This began with the devastating
events of September 11 and their aftermath and was followed by the announcement
in November by Japan Airlines and Japan Air System of their plans to merge.
Nevertheless, the new fiscal year also presents many opportunities for ANA, with
the opening of the second runway at Tokyo's Narita Airport in April, the expansion
of slots at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in July.
International Operations
As a result of the opening of the second runway at Narita airport on April 18,
weekly slots for the ANA Group at Narita will increase to 143. In total, the group
will operate 200 flights a week when service from Osaka's Kansai International
Airport is also figured in.
Asia — The ANA Group will significantly increase flights to Asia, especially
to China. Beginning April 18, flights to the Asian region will triple to 88 a
week with double daily service inaugurated to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Europe — As part of ANA's continuing commitment to its long-haul services,
daily flights will be introduced on routes from Tokyo to Paris and to Frankfurt,
in addition to the existing daily service to London. Once a week service to Paris
via Vienna will be suspended in favor of a non-stop flight.
* All ANA flights to Europe operate with Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
**Narita-Vienna service will be code-share operated by Star Alliance partner Austrian
Airlines.
North America - Across the Pacific, non-stop Tokyo-San Francisco service will
increase to daily, from five flights per week, using Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
ANA will continue to operate daily service to New York, Washington D.C. and Los
Angeles. Chicago service will remain suspended,** as it has been since November
30.
***Narita-Chicago service will be code-share operated by Star Alliance partner
United Airlines.
Resort — Service on the four routes from Tokyo (Narita) and Osaka (Kansai)
to the resort destinations Honolulu and Guam will be increased to daily, a total
of 28 flights per week. In all, ANA will operate 56 flights per week to the U.S.,
including Guam.
Cargo — On international cargo operations, the introduction of a Boeing 767-300
freighter in September will increase competitive strengths as the company moves
to meet growing demand within Asia.
Domestic Operations
On the domestic front, ANA will move to make Narita Airport a domestic hub as
well by inaugurating two flights a day to Fukuoka in addition to existing service
to Osaka (Itami) and Nagoya. Beyond this, ANA aims to expand its network further
by code-sharing with regional airlines Naka Nihon Air Line Service to Nagoya,
and Fair Inc. to Sapporo, Sendai and Osaka (Itami). Connectivity with international
flights at Narita is measurably improved as domestic service is expanded to 11
flights a day.
With the expansion of departure and landing slots at Haneda Airport in July, ANA
will devise a plan to utilize routes with greatest demand. This will be announced
late April.
Air Nippon Network was established at Sapporo's Okadama Airport for flights within
the main northern-most island of Hokkaido, as well as flights from Haneda to the
Izu islands operations.
Additionally, in connection with the Korea-Japan co-sponsored FIFA World Cup 2002,
and at the request of the Japan World Cup Organizing Committee (JAWOC), ANA will
begin domestic charter flights. ANA will be able to respond flexibly to the transportation
needs of World Cup spectators with its scheduled service and charter flights operated
from Tokyo-Haneda Airport during afternoon hours.
In order to appropriately rationalize its fleet, ANA will postpone delivery of
three of the nine B767-300s on order for fiscal year 2002. The three postponed
deliveries are now scheduled to take place in the 2003 fiscal year (April 1, 2003-March
31, 2004).
A summary of the business plan is here. |
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