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ANA Group Business Plan FY2003
TOKYO, January 23, 2003 — The ANA Group, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Air Nippon (ANK) Air Japan (AJX) and Air Nippon Network (A-net or AKX) announced the ANA Group business plan for FY 2003 (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004).

Main changes from the previous fiscal year are as follows:

1. International Operations
(1) Further expansion of service to China
  • The ANA Group will further increase flights to China, to respond to brisk demand for both passengers and cargo.
  • From Narita to China, 7 flights will be increased. From Kansai, the Beijing route will become a daily service in addition to the Shanghai route, which will become twice daily starting February 2003.
  • Daily service between Narita - Dalian will start in November 2003 as the first among airlines in China and Japan.
 
Narita - China Mar. 30 - July 31,'03 Nov. 1 - Mar. 31,'03
  Compared with Winter Schedule '02   Compared with Winter Schedule '02
Increased Service Narita - Dalian 6 +3 7 +4
Narita - Qingdao 3 +1 4 +2
Narita - Xiamen 3 +1 3 +1
 
Kansai - China Mar. 30, '03 - Mar. 31, '04
  Compared with Winter Schedule '02
Increased Service Kansai - Beijing 7 +2
Kansai - Shanghai 14* ---
Decreased Service Kansai - Tianjin suspended** -2
*Increased from daily to twice daily starting Feb. 9, 2003
**Narita – Tianjin operation by freighter (B767-300F) will be continued two flights per week.
 
(2) Suspended service
Kansai Route Mar. 30, '03 - Mar. 31, '04
  Compared with Winter Schedule '02
Kansai - Honolulu suspended* -7
*From Mar. 30, 2003 to Mar. 31, 2004, United Airlines’ flights will bear ANA flight codes (code sharing).
 
(3) Transfer two routes to Air Japan
  The operation between Narita - Honolulu and Kansai - Seoul will be transferred to Air Japan from March 30, 2003, the beginning of the summer schedule.
 
Air Japan Operation Mar. 30, '03 - Mar. 31, '04
Route No. of Flights
Narita Routes Narita - Honolulu (new) 7
Narita - Seoul 9*
Narita - Guam 7*
Kansai Routes Kansai - Seoul (new) 7
Kansai - Guam 7
Kansai - Singapore 7
* The number of flights of Narita - Seoul and Narita - Guam may change after August.
Note: the number of flights above means number of roundtrip flights per week.
 
Year on Year (%) Group total (ANA, ANK, Air Japan)
North America Europe China/Asia Total
Frequency 101% 101% 113% 109%
Available Seat Kilometers 96% 98% 106% 100%
 
2. Domestic Operations
 
(1) ANA will increase service, compared to the previous year, on the main routes of Haneda - Sapporo, Fukuoka, Itami Substantially.
(2) Short-haul, turbo-prop business at Itami airport will begin by Air Nippon Network (A-Net). Itami - Kochi service scheduled to be inaugurated in October 2003.
(3) To promote unified ANA brand, number of ANA flights operated by ANK will be added. Number of the routes concerned will be increased 35 routes in total by 16 routes added in FY2003.
(4) New routes, Haneda - Noto will be inaugurated two flights per day in July 2003. And 6 routes, Kansai - Fukuoka, Fukuoka - Okinawa, Nagoya - Sapporo, Sedndai - Sapporo, Fukushima - Sapporo, Okinawa - Ishigaki will be increased flights.
(5) ANA and ANK will suspend 5 unprofitable domestic routes, which are Haneda - Asahikawa, Aomori, Tokushima; Fukuoka - Miyazaki, Kagoshima and ANA will decrease service of 3 routes, which are Kansai-Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima.
 
Year on Year (%) ANA Group
ANA ANK A-net Total
Frequency 97% 96% 287% 100%
Available Seat Kilometers 98% 113% 367% 100%
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