ANA and Air China Expand Code-share Agreement
to all Flights between Japan and China
- code-share flights will increase over 80% to 188 flights per week -
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| TOKYO February 10, 2005 - ANA and Air China will extend their code-sharing agreement to all flights between Japan and China from March 27 this year, in a move that will increase the present 103 flights to 188 flights operated under both airline codes. |
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| The 85 new code-share flights will bring the Air China destinations of Chengdu and Chongqing into the ANA international network, and the ANA destinations of Guangzhou, Shenyang, Qingdao, Xiamen into the Air China international network. This major increase in the number of international destinations will allow both carriers to offer customers even more choice and greater convenience than at present. Of the 188 total flights, 95 will be operated by ANA, 93 by Air China. |
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| ANA and Air China at present already code-share on flights operated by both airlines from Tokyo Narita and Osaka Kansai to Beijing and Shanghai Pudong, and on ANA operated flights from Tokyo Narita and Osaka Kansai to Hangzhou. In addition to Tokyo and Osaka, Flights from Nagoya (Central Japan International Airport (Centrair)) to Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing via Shanghai will also be covered by the agreement for the first time. |
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| ANA and Air China started code-sharing operations on March 28, 2004. At the same time they entered an agreement for reciprocal Frequent Flyer Programme recognition, allowing members of the ANA Mileage Club and Air China’s Companion Frequent Flyer Programme to accrue and redeem mileage across each other’s networks, including code-share flights. |
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| Details of Expanded Code-share Agreement (Hong Kong flights not included) |
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Present code-share flights (total 103 flights per week)
*flights per week
| Tokyo (Narita) - Beijing |
| ANA 14 |
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Air China 7 |
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Total 21 |
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| Osaka (Kansai) - Beijing |
| ANA 7 |
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Air China 7 |
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Total 14 |
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| Nagoya (Centrair) - Beijing (from Feb 17, 2005) |
| Air China 5 |
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Total 5 |
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| Tokyo (Narita)-Shanghai (Pudong) |
| ANA 21 |
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Air China 14 |
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Total 35 |
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| Osaka (Kansai) - Shanghai (Pudong) |
| ANA 14 |
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Air China 7 |
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Total 21 |
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| Tokyo (Narita) - Hangzhou |
| ANA 4 |
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Total 4 |
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| Osaka (Kansai) - Hangzhou |
| ANA 3 |
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Total 3 |
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