All Nippon Airways Will Suspend Chicago Service, Resume Non-Stop Washington, D.C. Flights.Travel/Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2001 All Nippon Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. (ANA), Japan's largest airline, today said it would suspend its daily non-stop service between Chicago and Tokyo on November 30. The suspension of Chicago flights will be in effect until March 30, 2002. A decision about resuming the service after that date will be made early in 2002. Osamu Kawabata, ANA Senior Vice President and General Manager the Americas, said, "We take this step reluctantly, and only after extensive evaluation of our U.S. route network. In the wake of the tragic events of September 11, ANA, like other airlines, has seen a significant drop in demand for its services between the U.S. and Japan. Passenger traffic is significantly lower than in early September, costs have risen dramatically, and in this environment we are unable to sustain all of our transpacific trans·pa·cif·ic adj. 1. Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. services." ANA also serves Tokyo from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Washington, D.C., and Osaka and Tokyo from Honolulu. Those services will operate as scheduled this winter, a total of 37 non-stop flights A non-stop flight in the aviation industry refers to any flight which does not involve any intermediate stops. Many laymen mistakenly assume that a "direct flight" is similar to a "non-stop flight". per week. On November 1, ANA had merged its daily services to Chicago and Washington, D.C. into a single flight. On November 30, ANA will resume daily non-stop service to Tokyo from Washington, D.C., using a 233-seat Boeing 777-200ER. ANA, which has operated Chicago-Tokyo non-stop service since April 1999, will continue code-share flights between O'Hare and Narita airports with United Airlines, its Star Alliance partner. While traffic on ANA's transpacific flights has declined, passenger loads on flights between Japan and cities in Asia remain steady. ANA recently increased Tokyo-Seoul by six flights per week, added service from Tokyo to Dalian, and will add service from Osaka to Qingdao. On domestic routes in Japan, where it serves 35 gateways and carried more than 45 million passengers last year, ANA and its subsidiary Air Nippon
Air Nippon ( have recorded passenger increases of 6% year-over-year for the period April-September 2001. "ANA remains firmly committed to the U.S. market, which we have served since 1986," Mr. Kawabata said. "Despite the current downturn, the U.S. is the most popular overseas destination for Japanese travelers. We expect that passenger loads on flights between the U.S. and Japan will rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective quickly once the international situation stabilizes." |
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