TOKYO May 12, 2011 - All Nippon Airways and Eznis Airways today announced that the two airlines have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement.

Keisuke Okada, ANA Executive Vice President, Alliances and International Affairs and Tserenpuntsag Boldbaatar, Chairman of Newcom Group, parent company of Eznis Airways, met in Ulanbaatar yesterday to sign the Strategic Cooperation Agreement.

The airlines have agreed to explore bilateral cooperation in a broad range of areas such as management, operations, and charter flight services between Mongolia and Japan to aid the long term development of air transportation between two countries and beyond.

The airlines will now start discussing further details of the partnership but the cooperation will benefit customers of both countries by providing them with greater choice and flexibility.

Keisuke Okada, ANA’s Executive Vice President, said, “I believe that the strategic partnership between our two companies will allow the aviation industry to play its role in the development of the Mongolia-Japan relationship. The nature of our long term partnership will also significantly allow ANA to maintain our competitive advantage in the Asian market.”

Munkhsukh Sukhbaatar, Eznis CEO, said: “I am very excited about the changes and progress we will be able to make following this partnership. Furthermore our partnership will create fantastic opportunities for other sectors of Mongolia’s economy.”

About ANA Group
All Nippon Airways is the eighth largest airline in the world by revenues and the largest in Japan by passenger numbers. Founded in 1952, it flies today to 76 domestic and international cities in a fleet of 228 aircraft serving a network of 164 routes. ANA has 33,000 employees and operates more than 1,000 flights a day. In 2009, it carried 44 million passengers and generated revenues of $13.7bn. ANA has been a core member of Star Alliance since 1999 and more than 20 million members belong to its Frequent Flyer Program (ANA Mileage Club). ANA is the launch customer for the world's newest and most advanced passenger aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

About Eznis Airways
Eznis Airways is a leading Mongolian domestic airline with the largest network of domestic destinations within Mongolia, and highest flight frequency on these routes. The airline was established in 2006 by Newcom Group, a leading investment company in Mongolia. The airline operates domestic scheduled and charter flights to 14 destinations in 10 aimags of Mongolia, and international scheduled services to Hailar in China’s Inner Mongolia region and Ulan-Ude in Russian Federation’s Buryat Republic, as well as charter services to points in China, Russia and Kazakhstan. Eznis Airways is committed to providing a safe, reliable and customer oriented service to its customers.