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A low-cost carrier to be set up by All Nippon Airways at the end of this year may charge only around 5,000 yen to fly between Kansai airport in Osaka and Narita airport east of Tokyo. The new airline, which will start operations in the fall of 2011 under a brand other than ANA, may also offer Kansai-Fukuoka and Kansai-Naha services for roughly 5,000 yen and 8,000 yen.
The prospective 5,000 yen airfare between Kansai and Narita compares with the 14,050 yen charged by JR Tokai for the Nozomi shinkansen service between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, as the airline aims to win customers away from railway and bus operators.The new firm will also offer deep discounts on airfares for international flights — mainly those to Asian countries from Kansai — as it intends to take on competition from foreign budget airlines as well amid an increase in the number of landing slots at Haneda and Narita airports.
While the new company’s domestic services, which will also include the Kansai-Hokkaido route, are expected to start in the fall of 2011, its international services will come later, however.
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