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ALL NIPPON: Kicks Off Cabin Crew Exchange with Asiana
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. and Asiana Airlines, Inc. announced the start of a cabin crew exchange from October 28, 2007, on the Tokyo Haneda-Seoul Gimpo route, as part of their strategic alliance to strengthen ties between the two Star Alliance member carriers.
Under the arrangement, one ANA cabin attendant will be assigned to a daily Asiana operated Tokyo-Seoul return flight, and vice- versa, to ensure that the needs of customers from Japan and Korea are met in their own language.
ANA and Asiana will also take the opportunity to study each other's inflight service training methods to further improve the experience of customers while onboard.
Flights from Tokyo's Haneda airport to Gimpo airport in Seoul - both domestic airports - began in November 2003 with four return flights per day. Proving very popular due to the proximity of the airports to their respective city centres, frequency was increased to eight return flights per day in August 2005.
About All Nippon Airways
Headquartered in Tokyo, All Nippon Airways Co., Limited -- http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/ -- is Japan's second-largest airline company in terms of revenue. The company, which was founded in 1952, provides these services:
1. Scheduled air transportation business;
2. Nonscheduled air transportation business and business utilizing aircraft;
3. Business of buying, selling, leasing and maintenance of aircraft and aircraft parts; and
4. Aircraft transportation ground support business, including passenger boarding procedures and loading of hand baggage.
The Troubled Company Reporter-Asia Pacific reported on April 20, 2007, that Moody's Investors Service placed the Ba1 senior unsecured debt ratings of All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. under review for possible upgrade. The rating action reflects ANA's high and stable profitability despite the ongoing price hikes of aircraft fuel, as well as Moody's view that the company's financial flexibility is likely to be further improved by its recently announced asset disposition related to its hotel business.
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