ANA and Turkish Airlines to Commence
Code-sharing Agreement from July 1

TOKYO/ ISTANBUL June 27, 2008 - ANA and Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines will commence a code sharing agreement from July 1, 2008, in which ANA will place its flight code, NH, on Turkish Airlines’ four weekly flights between Istanbul and Tokyo Narita, and its two weekly flights between Istanbul and Osaka Kansai.

Both airlines tied up their Frequent Flyer Programmes (FFP) on April 1 this year when Turkish Airlines joined Star Alliance, allowing ANA Mileage Club (AMC) members to accrue and redeem miles on Turkish Airlines’ operated flights, and members of Turkish Airlines’ Miles & Smiles programme to do the same on all flights operated by ANA.

“With Istanbul, the cross-roads of Europe and Asia, as part of the ANA network, our customers are able to travel between Japan and Turkey using the NH flight code, making their travel simpler when connecting with ANA domestic or other international flights,” said Keisuke Okada, executive vice president International Relations. “We are delighted to bring this historically rich and diverse country closer to the Japanese people, and to work more closely with our new alliance partner,” he continued.

Turkish Airlines operates out of the new South Wing of Narita Airport’s Terminal 1, Star Alliance’s home in Tokyo since June 2006, making connections with ANA - and other Star Alliance member airlines - easier and smoother.

“We are happy that our customers will benefit from the wider network opportunities and quality of service while travelling between Turkey and Japan, in addition to collecting miles from both Airlines’ mileage programmes” said Mr. Orhan Sivrikaya Executive Vice President Commercial.

 
About ANA
Ranked among the top 10 airlines in the world, carrying 50 million passengers every year to 50 destinations in Japan and 27 cities throughout Asia, Europe and the United States, ANA is recognised for outstanding passenger service both on the ground and in the air. In the greatest Japanese tradition of mixing hospitality with high technology, personalised, à la carte service complements state-of-the-art entertainment systems and the latest in cabin design. ANA has been in the airline business for over 50 years, and combined with ANA Group companies its activities extend across a host of complete travel and aviation-related services. It is the launch customer of the Boeing 787 and was voted Airline of the Year for 2007 by Air Transport World magazine.

As a member of Star Alliance, the world's foremost airline alliance, ANA passengers enjoy access to a network of 965 airport destinations in 162 countries, and reciprocal benefits such as mileage accrual and redemption, and lounge access.
 
About Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national flag carrier was founded in Ankara on May 20,1933 under the name of “State Airlines Administration” and started its operations depending on Ministery of Defence. In 1955, restucted into “Turkish Airlines”. 25% of the company is sold via an SPO under the privatization program in 2005. Today, 50.9 % of the company shares are available for the public and the rest of the shares are state-owned.

In 2007 Turkish Airlines become one of the fastest growing airlines among the European carriers in terms of growth in capacity and traffic, as well as being number one in least amount of lost luggage for the period. Turkish Airlines has been ranked as a 4 star Airline by the SKYTRAX magazine . With the fleet size of 104 aircraft, THY carried 19.65 million passengers in 2007, operated 142 flight destinations.
 
Contact
Rob Henderson, ANA - Public Relations: r.henderson@ana.co.jp
Ali Genc , Turkish Airlines Inc. - SVP Media Relations: aligenc@thy.com / press@thy.com
 
ANA and Turkish Airlines to Commence Code-sharing Agreement from July 1