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Question:
>TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. said >Friday it plans to form a code-sharing agreement with United >Airlines of the U.S. for a daily round-trip flight between Kansai >International Airport, in western Japan, and Honolulu, Hawaii. >ANA aims for higher revenue by suspending its own Kansai-Honolulu >service
and shifting the aircraft to its service between Kansai >airport and Shanghai, China.
Wonder if it will be a hard code like NH had with AN between BNE/SYD and KIX. Good result for UA if it is.
Response:
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. said Friday it plans to form a code-sharing agreement with United Airlines of the U.S. for a daily round-trip flight between Kansai International Airport, in western Japan, and Honolulu, Hawaii. The companies are expected to formally announce their agreement as early as Friday. ANA aims for higher revenue by suspending its own Kansai-Honolulu service and shifting the aircraft to its service between Kansai airport and Shanghai, China. United Airlines, part of UAL Corp. , which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month, expects more efficient use of its aircraft and crew, as well as secure, stable revenue. ANA has already said its alliance with United Airlines remains intact despite UAL’s Chapter 11 filing. Following the agreement on the Kansai-Honolulu service, ANA and United Airlines will have code-sharing arrangements for 144 round-trip flights for 18 routes. Under a code-sharing arrangement, airlines share planes and staff to jointly operate the same flight under their own flight numbers. By doubling flights for the Kansai-Shanghai route, which has higher passenger traffic, ANA expects its revenue to rise by around Y5 billion, a spokesman at the Japanese airliner said. United Airlines currently uses two aircraft on its Kansai-San Francisco route, but the small number of flights means that one plane would likely be sufficient. Shifting one of those aircraft to the Kansai-Honolulu route would thus boost efficiency.