AIRASIA will be partnering with Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) to launch the first-ever low-cost carrier (LCC) operating out of Tokyo’s Narita Airport.
The new LCC, which will operate as AirAsia Japan, will serve both international and domestic routes. Operations are scheduled to commence in October 2012, subject to regulatory approval.
AirAsia Japan is expected to facilitate connections between Japan and AirAsia’s network in South-east Asia.
AirAsia and ANA’s partnership follows a similar agreement between Japan Airlines and Jetstar Airways earlier this month (TTG e-daily, July 1).
Earlier this year, ANA launched an LCC called Peach, targeted at the Chinese budget travel market and based at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport (TTG e-daily, February 10).
