VA confirms ANA partnership

VA confirms ANA partnership

VIRGIN Australia’s recently appointed Chief Commercial Officer John MacLeod has sealed a new codeshare deal with All Nippon Airways (ANA) (TD breaking news), complementing VA’s upcoming Brisbane-Tokyo (Haneda) flights which will launch at the end of Mar.

Effective 30 Jan, the Japanese Star Alliance member will begin codesharing on six VA domestic routes, with the NH code to be placed on Virgin services from Sydney to Brisbane, Melbourne, Cairns, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Adelaide.

ANA guests will be able to connect seamlessly onto Virgin flights, with bags checked through to final destinations and a single booking experience.

Later this year the carriers said they would take the relationship to the next level by expanding domestic codeshares within Australia, adding domestic codeshare routes in Japan and also code-sharing on their respective international routes between Australia and Japan.

The airlines are also planning to introduce reciprocal frequent flyer benefits.

MacLeod said the partnership would allow the carriers to deliver a “high level of service and product for travellers.

“It’s important to us to provide travellers with better choice and convenience with our new flights from Brisbane, and the ability to travel onward in Japan with ANA.”

MacLeod signed the agreement in Tokyo late on Fri afternoon with ANA Executive VP of Alliances and International Affairs, Shuichi Fujimura.

As well as the new VA Brisbane-Haneda flights, ANA recently launched non-stop services from Tokyo (Narita) to Perth and has also confirmed a doubling of capacity on Haneda-Sydney.

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