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All Nippon Airways expands “down under” with Virgin Australia partnership
February 1st 2020
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Virgin Australia (VA) have established a code-share for flights within Japan and Australia and agreed to share frequent flyer benefits for travelers on both carriers. Read More »
The new code-share is planned to take full advantage of several global sporting events taking place in Japan, particularly the 2020 Summer Olympics and ParaOlympics.
ANA launched Narita-Perth last September and intends to commence flying Haneda-Sydney from the 2020 northern hemisphere summer. VA is now marketing its Brisbane-Haneda service. Additional ANA-VA code-share routes will be announced by April.
Australian routes available to ANA passengers from January 30 are: Sydney-Adelaide, Sydney-Brisbane, Sydney-Melbourne, Sydney-Cairns, Sydney-Canberra and Sydney-Gold Coast.
“This collaborative effort will allow us to meet growing passenger demand in the region by providing greater choice and flexibility through shared resources and furthering ANA’s commitment to expanding the Japan-Australia network,” ANA executive vice president, Shuichi Fujimura, said.
Star alliance member ANA also has joint venture partnerships with Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines, Swiss International and United Airlines.
VA has alliance relationships with Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines. The latter two carriers are large investors in VA.
