ANA Holdings subsidiary All Nippon Airways and Vietnam Airlines have signed an agreement to implement a joint business. They will consider optimising schedules between Japan and Vietnam and establishing common fares to meet growing passenger demand between the two countries.
ANA Holdings subsidiary All Nippon Airways and Vietnam Airlines signed an agreement on the 9th to implement a joint business. They will consider optimising schedules between Japan and Vietnam and establishing common fares, among other measures, to meet growing bilateral passenger demand for business, tourism and employment. The planned initiatives are expected to include coordinating flight schedules and unifying fare structures.
ANA Holdings President Koji Shibata (芝田 浩二) and the Vietnam Airlines CEO attended the ceremony, where both sides emphasised their ability to offer a broad range of flight options. The agreement will deepen the long-term cooperative relationship between Japan and Vietnam, and discussions on the next stage toward making the joint business concrete are scheduled to proceed.
ANA Holdings and Vietnam Airlines also entered into a capital and business alliance in 2016 and have since operated codeshare flights, among other initiatives. The new agreement aims to expand the existing framework and strengthen reciprocal referrals of passenger and cargo traffic by leveraging each other’s networks.
The companies said they will consider strengthening cooperation in peripheral areas in addition to schedule optimisation and common fares, with a view to expanding long-term market opportunities, including tourism demand between Japan and Vietnam.