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ANA Expands International E-ticketing
- E-tickets available across the international network, and to more international
destinations in China than any other airline - |
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| Tokyo, March 29, 2004 - ANA will offer passengers the convenience
of using e-tickets for travel between Japan and each of its eight destinations
in China from April 1 this year. E-tickets have been available on ANA flights
to and from the major ports of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong since February
2002. The expanded service will also include Dalian, Xiamen, Shenyang, Qingdao
and Hangzhou, giving ANA the largest number of international destinations in China
on which e-tickets are available of any airline. |
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| It also means that e-tickets will be available to all ANA Group domestic and
international destinations, barring flights between Japan and Vietnam/ Taiwan,
and charter flights from Tokyo Haneda to Seoul (Gimpo). * |
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| “In passenger surveys, e-tickets have proven to be one of the most popular
and demanded services of airlines,” said Shinichiro Ito, ANA’s Vice
President Marketing. “Offering a smoother and more convenient way to buy
and fly, passengers no longer need to worry about losing their paper tickets,
their travel data is available throughout the trip, and they need no more than
some form of personal identification when they check-in.” |
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| E-tickets can also be used at the automatic check-in machines in Narita airport,
which were introduced earlier this month, further enhancing customer choice and
convenience. At present these machines have instructions in English and Japanese,
and from July will also provide them in Chinese and Korean languages. The combination
of e-tickets and automatic check-in means reduced queuing time for passengers,
and allows passengers to select their own seats, check-in up to six people at
once, register mileage points and also check-in for connecting flights on partner
airlines. |
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| ANA came into existence in 1952, and over 50 years later is now one of the
top ten largest airlines in the world, carrying with its sister companies almost
51 million passengers every year to 45 destinations in Japan, and to 20 overseas
cities in Asia, Europe and the United States. As a member of Star Alliance, the
world's foremost airline alliance, ANA passengers enjoy seamless access to a network
of over 700 airport destinations in 128 countries, and reciprocal benefits such
as mileage accrual and redemption, and lounge access. |
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| *e-tickets cannot be used on flights operated by code-share partners nor on
domestic connecting flights within China |
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