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    TOKYO August 23, 2011 - ANA Group today announced its revised flight schedule for the second half of fiscal year 2011.

    Although demand for air travel was severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, it is now recovering gradually and ANA is looking to further expand its flight network with the introduction of the Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) 787 Dreamliner, first deliveries of which begin in September.

    The changes to ANA's flight schedule will involve the launch of a number of new domestic and international routes and the introduction of larger aircraft and increased frequencies on some city pairs. On a number of domestic routes, frequencies will be decreased to reflect demand. Details of the planned changes can be found below.

    *Schedules are subject to approval of the government authorities. Schedules may also be subject to change.

    1. International flights

    From January 2012, ANA will fly the Boeing 787 on a new night-time route between Haneda and Frankfurt as part of our joint venture with Lufthansa (Xetra: 823212 - news) . ANA will also be improving and expanding its network with a new route between ChubuNagoyaand Hong Kong and change aircraft type on the Narita - Xiamen/Guangzhou routes.

    (1) New routes

    Route

    from

    Frequency

    Remarks

    Haneda - Frankfurt

    January, 2012

    37/week

    Operated by B787 *1

    Chubu (Nagoya) - Hong Kong

    October 30, 2011

     *2

      *1 Precise date of first flight to be determined. Three weekly flights on this route (Monday, Thursday, Saturday) before moving to daily flights from February onwards. Details will be announced at a later stage.

    *2 Details will be announced at a later stage.    



    (2) Suspended routes and decreased frequency

    Route

    from

    Current frequency

    New frequency

    Remarks

    Chubu(Nagoya) - Shanghai

    October 30, 2011

    7/week

    Suspension

    Narita - Shenyang

    October 30, 2011 to January 18, 2012

    7/week

    3/week

    Decreased frequency

    Narita - Chengdu

    7/week

    4/week

    Decreased frequency *3

       *3 For flights departing Chengdu, daily service will resume from January 20, 2012.

      

    (3) Aircraft type change

    Route

    from

    Current aircraft

    New aircraft

    Remarks

    Narita - Xiamen

    October 30, 2011

    B737-700

    B767-300ER

    Larger aircraft

    Narita - Guangzhou

    October 30, 2011

    B737-700

    B767-300ER

    Larger aircraft  *4

       *4 For flights departing Guangzhou, larger aircraft will be used from October 31, 2011.

     (4) New cabin products

    ANA's new "Inspiration of Japan (NYSE: MCO - news) " product on the Boeing 777-300ER, which are currently proving popular with customers on routes to Europe (Chicago Options: ^REURTRUSD - news) and North America, will be introduced on the following routes as we gradually refurbish our fleet.

    Route

    from

    Remarks

    Narita - Paris

    October 18, 2011

    Every other day

    October 28, 2011

    Every day

    Narita-San Francisco

    December 6, 2011

    Every day

    Narita-Los Angeles

    January 21, 2012

    Everyday

    2. Domestic flights

    As demand recovers gradually following the Great East Japan Earthquake, ANA will continue working to achieve a good balance between supply and demand by increasing or decreasing flight frequency in accordance with market conditions.

    (1) New routes and increased frequency *5

    Route

    from

    Current frequency

    New frequency

    Remarks

    Itami-Akita

    December 16, 2011

    2/day

    New route

    Matsuyama-Okinawa

    October 30, 2011

    1/day

    New route *6

    Chitose - Monbetsu

    October 30, 2011

    1/day

    Resumed *7

    Haneda - Chitose

    October 30, 2011

    16/day

    17-18/day

    *8

    Haneda-Akita

    October 30, 2011

    4/day

    5/day


    Haneda-Tokushima

    October 30, 2011

    3/day

    4/day


    Narita-Fukuoka

    October 30, 2011

    2/day

    3/day


    Itami-Oita

    October 30, 2011

    2/day

    3/day


    Hiroshima - Okinawa

    October 30, 2011

    1/day

    2/day


    *5 Flights at Haneda may change due to civil aviation negotiations between Japan and China.

    *6 Seasonal flight until March 24, 2012.

    *7 Seasonal flight until January 31, 2012.

    *8 18/day until January 31, 2012; 17/day February 1, 2012 onwards.

      

    (2) Suspended routes and decreased frequency

    Route

    from

    Current frequency

    New frequency

    Remarks

    Haneda-Monbetsu

    October 30, 2011

    1/day

    0-1/day

    *9

    Haneda-Hakodate

    October 30, 2011

    3/day

    2/day


    Haneda-Kansai

    October 30, 2011

    5/day

    4/day


    Itami-Sendai

    October 30, 2011

    7/day

    6/day


    Kansai-Chitose

    October 30, 2011

    6/day

    4-5/day

    *10

    Kansai-Okinawa

    October 30, 2011

    5/day

    4/day


    Chubu-Chitose

    October 30, 2011

    8/day

    6-7/day

    *11

    Chubu-Sendai

    October 30, 2011

    4/day

    3/day


    Chubu-Fukuoka

    October 30, 2011

    12/day

    10/day


    Chitose-Hakodate

    October 30, 2011

    3/day

    2/day


    Okinawa-Ishigaki

    October 30, 2011

    11/day

    10/day


    Matsuyama-Chitose

    October 30, 2011

    1/day


    *9 Seasonal suspension until January 31, 2012, resuming from February 1. Chitose-Monbetsu will operate during the suspended period.

    *10 5/day during October 30, 2011 to November (Berlin: NBXB.BE - news) 30, 2011 and December 22 to March 24, 2012.

    4/day during December 1 to December 21, 2011.

    *11 7/day during October 30, 2011 to November 30, 2011, December 22, 2011 to January 10, 2012, and February 1, 2012 to March 24, 2012.

    6/day during December 1, 2011 to December 21, 2011 and January 11, 2012 to January 31, 2012.

    3. Cargo Flights

    ANA has decided to increase cargo flights to China and Southeast Asia (Other OTC: SUAFF.PK - news) on the following routes to take advantage of increasing demand and improve aircraft utilization.

    Route

    from

    Current frequency

    New frequency

    Remarks

    Narita/Kansai - Bangkok

    October 30, 2011

    1/week

    3/week


    Narita/Kansai - Tianjin

    October 30, 2011

    5/week

    6/week

    *12

       *12 Three of these flights fly via Dalian when they return to Japan

    Contact: Ryosei Nomura and Megumi Tezuka, ANA Public Relations TEL +81-3-6735-1111

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