As we mentioned in the Asia report, which you can read by clicking on this link, All Nippon Airways will expand its European network between Q4 2024 and Q1 2025, with the addition of three new regular routes from Tokyo Haneda.
Operations will be carried out with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft configured for 184/240 and 215/246 passengers, and are already on sale through the airline’s website as of July 22nd.
The Star Alliance member will begin services to Milan Malpensa, Stockholm Arlanda and Istanbul in December, January and February, respectively. These three cities will join Brussels, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Munich and Paris Charles de Gaulle, its other destinations in Europe.
Milan Malpensa
At 01:05 local time on December 3rd, the first flight to the Italian city will depart from the Japanese capital. According to its website, All Nippon Airways will have three frequencies per week between the two cities on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, which means 738 weekly seats offered on each leg (considering the 787-9 with 246 seats).
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
ANA will be the only operator on this route.
Stockholm Arlanda
The airline will commence operations to the Sweden’s city effective January 31st, 2025. In this case, services will be conducted three times a week with Boeing 787-8 aircraft, featuring two seating configurations (Business and Economy).
Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- NH 221 Tokyo HND 00:30 · 06:20 ARN Stockholm
- NH 222 Stockholm ARN 09:35 · 07:20+1 HND Tokyo
ANA will be the only operator on this route.
With respect to other Scandinavian countries, SAS has four weekly flights from/to Copenhagen on Airbus A350s, while Finnair and Japan Airlines operate to/from Helsinki, 7 and 4 times per week respectively.
Istanbul
On February 12th, 2025, it will be ANA’s first regular service to Istanbul airport. As with Stockholm, flights will be performed with three weekly frequencies by Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner planes which, considering the 240-seat configuration, will offer 720 seats a week on this route.
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- NH 219 Tokyo HND 08:15 · 15:55 IST Istanbul
- NH 220 Istanbul IST 18:10 · 11:20+1 HND Tokyo
Turkish Airlines currently operates a daily flight between Istanbul IST and Tokyo Haneda with Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft, and also runs one daily service on Boeing 787-9s to Tokyo Narita from IST.
“These new routes reflect ANA’s commitment to meet the increasing demand for travel between Japan and each country,” said Shinichi Inoue, President and CEO of ANA. “We hope this expansion provides our travelers with greater choice, new customer experiences and reinforces our commitment to a seamless and enjoyable journey. We are proud to have Paris and Munich on a daily flight and resume the Vienna route, and we look forward to seeing where these new routes will take our travelers as we continue to enhance our management vision ‘Uniting World in Wonder’.”
Currently, the carrier has 36 services per week between Tokyo and Europe, with Germany being its main market with two destinations and 21 weekly flights.
Routes
Belgium
- Tokyo Narita (NRT) – Brussels (BRU): 2 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Only operator on this route.
France
- Tokyo Haneda (HND) – Paris (CDG): 6 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Competitors: Air France (14) and Japan Airlines (7)
Germany
- Tokyo Haneda (HND) – Frankfurt (FRA): 14 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
- Tokyo Haneda (HND) – Munich (MUC): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Competitor (both routes): Lufthansa (7 on each)
United Kingdom
- Tokyo Haneda (HND) – London (LHR): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
Competitors: British Airways (14) and Japan Airlines (14).
On the other hand, starting in August, All Nippon Airways will resume operations between Tokyo Haneda and Vienna, where it will offer three flights a week with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.
With the addition of Austria, as of August 1st, there will be 39 weekly services between Japan and Europe, further strengthening All Nippon Airways’ leading position in this market, considering Japanese airlines.
Current fleet of All Nippon Airways (ANA)
| Aircraft | Total | Average age |
|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320neo | 11 | 6 years |
| Airbus A321-200 | 4 | 7.5 years |
| Airbus A321neo | 22 | 5 years |
| Airbus A380-800 | 3 | 5.5 years |
| Boeing 737-800 | 39 | 11.5 years |
| Boeing 767-300(ER) | 23 | 19 years |
| Boeing 777-200(ER) | 10 | 15 years |
| Boeing 777-300 | 5 | 26 years |
| Boeing 777-300(ER) | 13 | 8 years |
| Boeing 777-F | 2 | 5.5 years |
| Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner | 34 | 11 years |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | 43 | 7 years |
| Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner | 7 | 2.5 years |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 | 24 | 15.5 years |
ANA has 240 aircraft in its fleet, which average 11 years old. In line with our database, not all are operational, with approximately 20 being grounded for different reasons.
Outside Asia, as well as Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Munich and Paris (and Vienna since August), ANA offers regular passenger operations to Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Mexico City, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Sydney, Vancouver and Washington DC. All of these are from/to Tokyo (Haneda and Narita).
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- Latin America
- Europe
- Asia and Oceania
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Cover photo: Hongyu Wang – JetPhotos (Tokyo Haneda, Japan).
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