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Japan's ANA considers longer flights by low-cost units
By Jamie Freed
TAIPEI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Japan'sANA Holdings Inc is studying whether to shif
t some Boeing 767 aircraft from its premium brand to its low-cost offshoots so
they can launch medium-haul international flights, the airline's chief execut
ive said on Monday.
ANA, Japan's biggest airline by revenue, owns the low-cost brands Vanilla Air
and Peach Aviation. Both have fleets of narrow body Airbus A320s that serve do
mestic and short-haul international destinations.
Vanilla, based at Tokyo'sNarita International Airport and Peach, headquartered
at Osaka'sKansai International Airport, had different ownership structures bu
t are now full ANA subsidiaries.
ANA CEO Yuji Hirako said there were no plans to merge the two as both were per
forming well with different cities as home markets.
"Both airlines are so successful," he told Reuters before an industry conferen
ce, saying ANA was considering adding medium-haul destinations of up to eight
hours away from Japan to the networks of the two airlines.
He did not give a timeframe for such additions which would put southeast Asian
destinations in range. But the chief executive said it was a "possibility" th
at such a move would involve shifting some of ANA's 767s to the low-cost carri
ers.
Vanilla and Peach compete against Jetstar Japan, a joint venture between Japan
Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) and Australia'sQantas Airways Ltd.
From Oct. 29, they will also vie with AirAsia Japan, which was a venture with
ANA until it was dissolved in 2013 and then became the basis for Vanilla's lau
nch. Malaysia'sAirAsia Bhd is relaunching the carrier with new partners.
Budget airlines have a roughly 10 percent share of Japan's market for domestic
and international flights, compared with as much as 40 percent in other parts
of the world.
Jetstar Asia and AirAsia Japan use A320 aircraft and lack wide bodies for long
er international flights.
ANA is retiring its 767 fleet, which has an average age of close to 20 years,
and replacing them with the more fuel efficient Boeing 787. ANA's fleet includ
ed 37 passenger 767s as of June 30, 26 of them owned and the remainder leased.
In 2019, ANA takes delivery of three Airbus A380s, which it plans to use on fl
ights to the U.S. destination of Honolulu.
Hawaiian Airlines last month asked to terminate its codeshare with ANA in favo
ur of an alliance with JAL.
Hirako said the JAL-Hawaiian Airlines deal was "not good news" for ANA, adding
the Hawaiian carrier wanted a deeper partnership than ANA was allowed due to
its joint venture with United Continental Holdings Inc that includes Japan-Haw
aii flights.
"I'm very sorry that the two deeper relations couldn't coexist," Hirako said.
United was not immediately available for comment.
簡單來說ANA有意將767轉讓予兩間旗下LCC以飛行較長程的國際航線
不過沒有時間表