Western Australia sure is seeing a lot of growth with long haul flying lately, in particular with Qantas recently launching nonstop flights from Perth to London. Late last year All Nippon Airways announced that they'll launch daily nonstop flights between…
Last week I wrote about a rumor that All Nippon Airways was interested in acquiring a stake in Philippine Airlines. This has now been confirmed. It has just been announced that All Nippon Airways will buy a 9.5% stake in Philippine Airlines at a cost…
I'm curious if anyone has any insights on this, because I can't quite figure it out. Ford and I are headed to Japan in May. We booked roundtrip tickets from Chicago to Tokyo Narita in ANA first class using 120,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles per…
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the only remaining airline that has the A380 on order but doesn’t yet have a single one of the aircraft in their fleet. ANA will be taking delivery of their first of three Airbus A380s shortly, and the airline has unconventional…
Japan Airlines has been in the news recently over some alcohol related incidents for their crew members. The first major incident involved a Japan Airlines pilot who attempted to pilot a flight from London to Tokyo while ten times over the legal alcohol…
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the only remaining airline that has the A380 on order but doesn't yet have a single one of the aircraft in their fleet. ANA only placed the order for the A380 in late 2015, and they really only did so under pressure, as Skymark…
Airports spend a lot of time and money trying to attract new airlines, especially from regions without much service. For example, while airports like JFK and LAX don't have to do anything to attract airlines, airports like San Diego and Portland might…
I just ticketed ANA first class awards for Ford and me to Japan for next year, and this is easily my best award redemption in quite a while, as I paid just 92,500 Amex points per person, plus taxes and fees. I wanted to share my experience with the booking…
Earlier I wrote about how Amex is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles. In general Flying Club is one of my least favorite airline programs. Their redemption rates for travel on their own…
Japan has an excellent national train network which is efficient, extremely punctual and comfortable to use. It can also be extremely expensive. While travelling between major cities like Tokyo and Osaka the train network may be a no-brainer (albeit…
This is cool. The biggest news for Japanese carrier ANA so far this year has been the details of their three 'Flying Honu' Airbus A380s, which will exclusively fly between Tokyo and Honolulu. All three will feature traditional hard products, but will…
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the only remaining airline that has the A380 on order but hasn't yet taken delivery of a single one of the planes. ANA only placed the order for the A380 in late 2015, and they really only did so under pressure, as Skymark…
Yesterday I wrote about Tuesday's ANA flight 175 from Los Angeles to Tokyo Narita, which ended up turning around roughly four hours after departure, meaning that the plane landed in Los Angeles about eight hours after it departed. Chrissy Teigen was…
Yesterday's ANA flight 175 from Los Angeles to Tokyo Narita ended up turning around about four hours after takeoff. The plane left Los Angeles at 11:36AM PT, and returned at 7:32PM PT. The only information we have directly from ANA is this statement,…
My first ever award flight on Etihad was booked through ANA Mileage Club. This was back in 2011, when I flew roundtrip from New York to Abu Dhabi in Etihad first class for 140,000 ANA miles. At the time that was one of the only practical ways to redeem…
This past Saturday ANA had a really good fare for business class tickets from Vancouver to Sydney in which you could fly round-trip for right around $700. The deal only lasted for a few hours, so we didn't have a chance to cover it here on OMAAT. I was…
Los Angeles to Tokyo is already a very busy market, with 8x daily flights, operated by American (2x daily), ANA (2x daily), Delta (1x daily), Japan Airlines (1x daily), Singapore (1x daily), and United (1x daily). It looks like this market is now getting…
Since mid-April, the US Amex Membership Rewards program has been offering a 30% bonus on points transfers to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. This offer is available through Monday, May 22, 2017, meaning you have only a couple of days left to take advantage…
Why are people so pathetic? Yesterday's ANA flight #6 from Tokyo Narita to Los Angeles departed over 90 minutes late because a fight broke out between two passengers on the plane. Here's video footage of the fight that broke out: The Twitter user who…
After several years of no new orders for the A380, Airbus finally got some life back into the program when they ended 2015 with an announcement that All Nippon Airways will be purchasing three A380 aircraft. I suspect ANA was somewhat strong-armed into…
All Nippon Airways has an article that's a paid advertisement on CNBC entitled "The 3-3-3 Challenge: How a frequent flyer networks from Asia to the U.S." In general ANA's approach to this "article" is smart, as a paid advertisement is much more interesting…
