Asiana Airlines and ANA (All Nippon Airways) agreed to expand their code-sharing agreement to cover all 18 Korea-Japan routes, and to strengthen strategic collaboration in…
Asiana Airlines and ANA (All Nippon Airways) agreed to expand their code-sharing agreement to cover all 18 Korea-Japan routes, and to strengthen strategic collaboration in related fields.
The President and COO of Asiana Airlines, Joo-an Kang and ANA President and CEO, Mineo Yamamoto, met in Seoul, where they agreed to extend cooperation on code-sharing flights to cover all routes operated by both airlines between Korea and Japan by February 2007.
The two presidents also decided to actively pursue strategic collaboration in related fields such as sales, transportation, purchasing and the exchange of personnel.
Both airlines are expecting to provide even greater benefits and convenience to customers travelling between Korea and Japan, and in turn improve profitability. The new code-sharing agreement will cover 154 weekly services over 18 routes, up from the previous 6 routes, and enable ANA to offer service to each of the major Korean cities of Seoul, Busan, and Jeju.
Asiana and ANA have been code-sharing on services covering Korea-Japan routes since 2000, and were the first-ever and only Korea-Japan airline partners at that time. In 2002 they were also the first Korea-Japan airline partners to offer customers the benefit of a Frequent Flyer tie-up, even prior to Asiana`s official joining of Star Alliance. In April of this year, Asiana and ANA laid the foundation for extensive cooperation by becoming the first and only carriers of their respective countries to offer joint cargo operations on all Korea-Japan routes.
As Asiana and ANA are members of Star Alliance, customers of either airline are already able to accrue and redeem mileage on any route operated by either carrier, and the extended code-sharing flights will be no exception. Top-tie customers and frequent flyers will also have complete access to the lounges of both carriers, as well as receiving other benefits.
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