All Nippon Airways

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All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (全日本空輸株式会社 ,Zen Nippon Kūyu Kabushiki-gaisha^?, TYO: 9202, LSE: ANA), also known as Zennikkū (全日空 ^?) or ANA, is an airline headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.^[1][2] ANA is the country's second-largest international airline after Japan Airlines and the country's largest domestic airline.^{[citation needed]} It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 22 international routes. ANA employed 22,170 staff as of March 2007.^{[citation needed]}

ANA's main international hubs are at Narita International Airport outside Tokyo and Kansai International Airport in Osaka. Its main domestic hubs are at Tokyo International Airport, Osaka International Airport, Chūbu Centrair International Airport (near Nagoya), and New Chitose Airport (near Sapporo).^[3]

In addition to its mainline operations, ANA controls several smaller carriers:^[4]

• Air Central, Q400-based airline based at Chūbu Centrair International Airport
• Air Japan, which handles charter flights for ANA
• Air Next, a low-cost carrier based at Fukuoka Airport
• Air Nippon, ANA's regional airline
• ANA & JP Express (AJV), a freighter operator

ANA has also announced it intends to create at least one low-cost carrier subsidiary with another as of yet unnamed Asian airline by fiscal 2009.^[5]