ANA Group Announces Revised Flight Schedule for the Second Half of FY2023

by | Sep 4, 2023

      • ANA Group has announced its revised flight schedule for the second half of the fiscal year 2023 (FY2023).
      • For international routes, ANA will introduce its third Airbus A380 aircraft the “FLYING HONU” in response to recovering passenger demand to Hawaii, and increase flights to China, introducing the new Haneda to Qingdao route as well as resume service from Haneda to Guangzhou. In addition, the new AirJapan brand will begin service to Bangkok, and Peach will increase flights from Kansai to Seoul and Hong Kong.
      • For domestic routes, ANA will introduce the Boeing 787-10 aircraft for the first time. ANA and Peach will operate more flights than pre-COVID levels (approximately 101% compared to 2019), and fully capture the recovery in demand.
      • For cargo, ANA will maximize profitability with the operation of its freighters and utilizing the cargo space on passenger flights.

TOKYO, Aug. 22, 2023 – ANA HOLDINGS INC. (hereinafter “ANA HD”) announced its revised flight schedule for the second half of fiscal year 2023 (FY2023).

International Routes

  • Due to steady recovery in passenger demand, ANA will begin operations of its third Airbus A380 aircraft (520 seats) on the Narita-Honolulu route. The NH 182/181 flight on October 20 will be the first scheduled flight for this aircraft. For routes to China, ANA will introduce the new Haneda-Qingdao route, resume services on the Haneda-Guangzhou, Kansai-Beijing routes, and flights from Narita and Kansai to Shanghai will be increased. As previously announced, the Narita-Perth route will be resumed as well. The flight schedule for Europe and Honolulu routes will be announced separately.
  • The new AirJapan brand will enter service on the Narita-Bangkok route on February 9, 2024, and serve to capture the strong inbound demand for leisure travel to Japan from growing overseas markets such as Southeast Asia.
  • To capture the growing demand, Peach will increase flights on the Kansai-Seoul route to 28 roundtrips per week, and Kansai-Hong Kong to 21 roundtrips per week.

Domestic Routes

  • ANA and Peach plan to operate more flights than pre-COVID levels (approximately 101% compared to 2019), and will maximize profits on the recovering passenger demand, strengthening the ANA Group’s network by leveraging the strengths of both companies.
  • ANA will utilize the Boeing 787-10 aircraft, which will be introduced for the first time on domestic routes. With 429 seats (28 premium class and 401 economy class seats), one of the largest on domestic routes, the Boeing 787-10 aircraft is positioned to succeed the Boeing 777s currently in operation on domestic routes, with approximately 25 percent improvement in fuel-efficiency and less noise. ANA’s current plan is to introduce the aircraft on the Haneda-Fukuoka, Haneda-Sapporo and other trunk routes from February 2024. ANA plans to introduce 11 aircraft by fiscal 2026, and pursue high efficiency, unifying the main domestic route fleet with Boeing 787 variants.

Freighter Routes

  • For the freighter routes, ANA will continue to maximize the use of its 11 freighters through its network. With the return of passenger flights, ANA will utilize the cargo space on passenger aircraft to maximize profitability.

The key points for the FY2023 are as follows:
International Routes

  • In response to passenger demand trends and other factors, ANA plans to operate under the following flight schedule for select international routes.

Period: October 29, 2023～
Asia / Oceania

North America / Panpacific

 

 

Europe

  • *1: For flights departing from overseas, the dates of the implementation are the following day.
  • *2: Announcement will be made as soon as it is decided.
  • *Operation for routes and flight numbers not listed in the table above are not planned at this time. Announcement will be made once flights are scheduled.
  • *The departure terminal for flights on the Haneda route (Terminal 2, Terminal 3) will be announced separately.

ANA
Domestic Routes

Based on demand trends and market environment, ANA plans to adjust the number of flights on the following routes. To provide convenience for its customers and maintain an appropriate supply and demand balance, ANA will continue to adjust the flight frequency and operate select routes for specific date ranges.

Routes to be increased

Routes to be operated for specific date ranges

Routes to be reduced

  • *1: Nov. 17-19, 22-27, Dec. 1-4, 8-11, 15-18, Feb. 2-5, 8-13, 16-19, 21-26, 29.
  • *2: For Jan. 15-18, 22, 23, 26, 30, Feb. 1, 6, 9, 19, 29, the frequency will be 4 roundtrips/day from Kansai, for Jan. 16-19, 23, 24, 27, 31, Feb. 2, 7, 10, 20 the frequency will be 4 roundtrips/day from Okinawa.

Freighter Routes

  • ・ANA will continue to maintain its cargo network for the second half of this fiscal year, while adding charter flights and additional flights to accommodate demand.

Period: October 29, 2023 to March 30, 2024

  • *1: The number of flights for the current service are according to the fiscal year 2023 flight schedule for the second half, therefore the actual number of flights may differ.
  • *2: In addition to the above flights, non-scheduled and/or charter flights are expected to be added.

Peach
International Routes

For international routes, in response to the recovery of inbound demand to Japan, flights on the Taipei route from Narita, Kansai and Okinawa has gradually been increased. ANA will incrementally increase flights on the Kansai-Seoul (Incheon) route to 28 roundtrips per week, and on the Kansai-Hong Kong route to 21 roundtrips per week. Additionally new international routes are under consideration. To optimize the distribution of aircraft used on both domestic and international routes, the number of flights will be reviewed, and the suspension and limited operation of select domestic flights will be made.

Routes to be increased

Routes to be temporarily operated

Routes to be reduced or suspended

 

  • *1: Flights on the Narita=Taipei route increased to 2 roundtrips/day from Jun. 1 and flights on the Kansai and Okinawa=Taipei routes will increase to 3 roundtrips/day from Sep. 24.
  • *2: The number of flights in the business plan for FY2023 is shown.
  • *3: To operate between Oct. 29 to Feb. 29 only.
  • *4: To be suspended between Oct. 29 to Feb. 8, and 3 roundtrips/week (Mon., Wed., Fri.) from Feb. 9 to Mar. 29.
  • *5: 5 roundtrips/week (Mon., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.) from Oct. 29 to Feb. 29 and 1 roundtrip/day during year-end and New Year holidays, Mar. 1 to Mar. 30.
  • *6: 2 roundtrips/day from Oct. 29 to Nov. 30, year-end and New Year holidays, Mar. 1 to Mar. 30, 1 roundtrip/day from Dec. 1 to Feb. 29 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays).
  • *7: 4 roundtrips/week (Tue., Thu., Sat., Sun.), 1 roundtrip/day during year-end and New Year holidays.
  • *8: 2 roundtrips/day from Oct. 29 to Nov. 30, year-end and New Year holidays, Feb. 1 to Mar. 30, 1 roundtrip/day from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays).

AirJapan
International Routes