02.02.2021 - 02:53 UTC
ANA Holdings has announced it has reached an agreement with the government of the Okinawa prefecture to use the bellyhold capacity onboard both its and other carriers' passenger aircraft to grow its cargo hub at Okinawa Naha despite the ongoing suspension of dedicated freighter operations.
"Global logistic networks and supply chains have significantly changed over the past few years, which is why ANA is working to evolve our approach so that we can, in partnership with Okinawa, continue to serve emerging needs and meet demand,” Executive Vice-President of ANA Holdings and President of ANA Cargo Toshiaki Toyama said.
The Japanese group suspended all dedicated freighter operations to the southern island in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has now announced that those flights will remain suspended for most of 2021 and cargo capacity will instead be proferred via passenger aircraft.
ANA said that despite the pandemic, the demand for agricultural, marine, and industrial exports from Okinawa was growing, while a boom in e-commerce has also seen a rise in imports by the island....
Editorial Comment: The current international network from Okinawa has been corrected. - 08.02.2021 - 08:48 UTC
27.10.2020 - 19:34 UTC
ANA Holdings has set out a series of measures towards what it calls a new business model to survive the current crisis and position it for future growth, including launching an as-yet-unnamed “third airline brand” and retiring 35 aircraft in 2020.
The new carrier will be launched “around fiscal 2022” and will “raise profits by targeting demand for low-cost, medium-haul flights to destinations in Southeast Asia and Oceania,” the group explained in a statement on October 27.
“By using the current [restarting ANA charter wing] Air Japan (NQ, Tokyo Haneda) as the foundation, the brand will be capable of responding to sudden changes in demand and begin operations quickly after its establishment. Low unit cost operations will be delivered through the utilisation of the B787 aircraft configured with 300+ seats,” it added.
Low-cost unit Peach Aviation (MM, Osaka Kansai), meanwhile, will be tasked with “expanding the customer base to business passengers and families”, enter the air cargo business together with ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) and ANA...
27.10.2020 - 08:32 UTC
Peach Aviation (MM, Osaka Kansai) restarted international flights on October 25, 2020, more than seven months after all such scheduled flights were suspended due to COVID-related restrictions on international travel.
The Japanese low-cost carrier, a subsidiary of ANA Holdings, said in a press release that its international network would for now be limited to services to Taipei Taoyuan from Osaka Kansai, Tokyo Narita, and Tokyo Haneda. Each of the three routes will be operated 3x weekly.
The carrier said that due to the prevailing restrictions on entry both to Taiwan and Japan, as well as limitations on the use of public transport, it would coordinate transfers from airports to each of the cities with commercial transportation firms.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Peach Aviation deploys a fleet of thirty-five A320-200s and a single A320-200N on 622 weekly scheduled flights (in the week starting on October 26, 2020), of which 604 are domestic flights.
