ANA (SNP: ^ANAY - news) revises flight schedule for the second half of FY2011
Launch of new Haneda - Frankfurt and Nagoya - Hong Kong routes
Additional Haneda - Chitose/Akita/Tokushima flights
New Itami - Akita and Matsuyama - Okinawa services
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 Chubu(Nagoya)and Hong Kong and change aircraft type on the Narita - Xiamen/Guangzhou routes.
(1) New routes
| Route | from | Frequency | Remarks |
| Haneda - Frankfurt | January, 2012 | 3~7/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

