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ANA, SIA look for big network effect with joint venture
By Greg Waldron, Tokyo3 February 2020
The proposed joint venture between All Nippon Airways and Singapore Airlines could offer substantial benefits to both Star Alliance carriers.
The chief executives of the two airlines, Yuji Hirako of ANA and Goh Choon Phong of SIA, announced the plan at a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on the last day of January. This followed media reports earlier in the month that the two wanted to work together more closely.
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The event was overshadowed by the novel coronavirus outbreak, which has rocked the region’s airlines with flight cancellations and in some cases bans on new visitors from Mainland China. Half the questions posed to the two executives had to do with how the two carriers are dealing with the situation.
Nonetheless, the pair hope to get regulatory approvals in various jurisdictions by the end of the year, according to Hirako. Key areas the revenue, metal-neutral joint venture will target include Japan-Singapore routes and Japanese domestic destinations. Other markets include Australia, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
The SIA Group dominates traffic between Singapore and Japan. Cirium schedules data show that in January 2020 it deployed a total of 234,000 seats on Singapore-Japan routes, with mainline SIA operating 219,000 seats and low-cost arm scoot 15,000. Overall, this comprises 66.8% of all capacity on the route, spread over 362 monthly services.
Far behind, in second and third place, are ANA, with 46,000 monthly seats spread over 186 services, and Japan Airlines, with 44,000 seats spread over 93 services.
By Greg Waldron, Tokyo3 February 2020
The proposed joint venture between All Nippon Airways and Singapore Airlines could offer substantial benefits to both Star Alliance carriers.
The chief executives of the two airlines, Yuji Hirako of ANA and Goh Choon Phong of SIA, announced the plan at a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on the last day of January. This followed media reports earlier in the month that the two wanted to work together more closely.
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Source: Greg Waldron
An ANA 787-9 at Singapore’s Changi International Airport
zoom inzoom out
The event was overshadowed by the novel coronavirus outbreak, which has rocked the region’s airlines with flight cancellations and in some cases bans on new visitors from Mainland China. Half the questions posed to the two executives had to do with how the two carriers are dealing with the situation.
Nonetheless, the pair hope to get regulatory approvals in various jurisdictions by the end of the year, according to Hirako. Key areas the revenue, metal-neutral joint venture will target include Japan-Singapore routes and Japanese domestic destinations. Other markets include Australia, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
The SIA Group dominates traffic between Singapore and Japan. Cirium schedules data show that in January 2020 it deployed a total of 234,000 seats on Singapore-Japan routes, with mainline SIA operating 219,000 seats and low-cost arm scoot 15,000. Overall, this comprises 66.8% of all capacity on the route, spread over 362 monthly services.
Far behind, in second and third place, are ANA, with 46,000 monthly seats spread over 186 services, and Japan Airlines, with 44,000 seats spread over 93 services.
