TOKYO January 25, 2007 - ANA today announced its corporate plan for the 2007 fiscal year,
April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008. Fiscal 2007 constitutes the second year of
ANA's Medium-Term Strategy FY2006-2009, the aim of which is to establish
ANA as Asia's No 1 airline for quality, customer satisfaction and value
creation in line with the future expansion of Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Details of the plan for the 12 month period commencing April 1 are as
follows:
1) Plan in Outline
(1)
International Operations
More flights and greater
profitability: to be achieved through improvements to the Asia network and
aircraft downsizing coupled with more daily services on the China
network.
a) New daily Tokyo-Mumbai service, using ANA
BusinessJet in all business class configuration
The second of
ANA's Boeing 737-700ER aircraft will be configured with 36 business class
seats and used to open a new route linking Tokyo to Mumbai from September
1. This is the first time a Japanese airline will introduce an aircraft
with a purely business class product. ANA's first BusinessJet will have
two classes - Club ANA and Premium Economy - and go into service on the
Nagoya-Guangzhou route from March this year.
b) More flights to China, and the introduction of
business class on A320s
Double daily flights will be
introduced on Tokyo Narita-Guangzhou to capture the vigorous demand for
business travel to China. In order to be match supply with demand,
aircraft on certain China routes will be downsized and replaced with
narrow-body Airbus A320-200 equipment incorporating 20 business class
seats out of a total of 110.
c) Introduction of 777-300ER on
Tokyo-London
London will be the first destination in Europe to
receive a 777-300ER to replace the current 747-400 service, a move
designed to improve passenger comfort and increase
profitability.
(2) Domestic Operations
Restructure
operations using the network (hub and spoke) model to stimulate demand,
better match supply with demand and thus improve
profitability.
a) More flights on Osaka Kansai and Kobe
routes
Making organic use of the three airports in the Kansai
(Osaka) area - Itami, Kansai and Kobe - increase flights between Osaka
Kansai and Sapporo Chitose / Fukuoka / Kobe, and between Kobe and Tokyo
Haneda / Sapporo Chitose / Okinawa.
(3) Cargo
Establish a cargo network,
placing emphasis on a convenient schedule, centred around China and Asia
routes where demand for cargo services is strong.
NB The contents of this plan are subject to approval by
the relevant authorities |
