Japan’s ANA to add budget carrier to loyalty plan

Changing trends: Passenger planes for ANA are seen at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. The airline is weighing boosting the proportion of domestic flights flown by its low-cost airline as travel demand in Japan becomes increasingly weighted toward the leisure market due to the pandemic’s impact on business travel. — AFP

TOKYO: ANA Holdings Inc will allow customers to redeem frequent flyer miles on its budget carrier Peach as it weighs boosting the proportion of domestic flights flown by the low-cost airline, three sources familiar with the matter said.

Travel demand in Japan is becoming increasingly weighted toward the leisure market due to the pandemic’s impact on business travel and smaller rival Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) has said it is looking to boost its low-cost carrier network.