ANA, Shanghai Airlines and Air China to Commence Code-sharing on Tokyo Haneda - Shanghai Hongqiao.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 10, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - ANA will commence a code-sharing agreement with Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines (上海航空) is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport [1]. and Air China on flights operated by ANA and Shanghai Airlines between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport, from September 29 this year. Until now, Haneda and Hongqiao have almost exclusively served their respective domestic markets. However, in a move to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the normalisation 1. (data processing) normalisation - A transformation applied uniformly to each element in a set of data so that the set has some specific statistical property. For example, monthly measurements of the rainfall in London might be normalised by dividing each one by the total of diplomatic ties between China and Japan, they will be opened for international flights on the very date of the said anniversary. Both Haneda and Hongqiao airports are close to, and can be accessed speedily and easily from, their respective city centres, making journeys between Tokyo and Shanghai shorter and more convenient. Furthermore, as the flights will carry the respective flight codes of each airline - NH for ANA, FM for Shanghai Airlines and CA for Air China - customers will be given a greater choice of flights for the airline they wish to fly. As all three airlines enjoy reciprocal mileage benefits, customers may accrue and redeem mileage on any of the flights. Shanghai Airlines and Air China will also join ANA as fellow members of the world's foremost airline grouping, Star Alliance, at the end of this year. With this agreement in place, the three airlines will offer between them 104 weekly flights between Japan and Shanghai, including Shanghai's Pudong Airport. In total, they will offer 281 flights per week between Japan and China. For the full flight schedule, please visit http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/aboutana/press/index_sm.html About All Nippon Awys Ltd. All Nippon Airways (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9202), or ANA, is the seventh largest airline in the world by passenger load (IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. ranking) and Japan's largest domestic carrier. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. with a market capitalisation Noun 1. market capitalisation - an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share market capitalization of US$8.1bn (JPY JPY In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Japanese Yen. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 932bn) as of 29 Sep 2006. Carrying almost 50 million passengers every year to 50 destinations in Japan and 23 cities throughout Asia, Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , ANA is recognized for outstanding passenger service both on the ground and in the air. In the greatest Japanese tradition of mixing hospitality with high technology, personalised a la carte service complements state-of-the-art entertainment systems and the latest in cabin design. ANA has been in the airline business for over 50 years, and combined with ANA Group companies, its activities extend across a host of complete travel and aviation-related services. For more information, please visit www.ana.co.jp. Source: All Nippon Awys Ltd. Contact: ANA Public Relations: Rob Henderson Email: r.henderson@ana.co.jp Customer Service: ANA: +81-3-6735-1111 Shanghai Airlines (Japan): +81-6-6945-8666 Air China (Japan): +81-3-5251-0711 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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