All Nippon Airways reports merger of Air Japan and ANA & JP Express

All Nippon Airways released that, in a decision made at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on April 2, 2010, two of its consolidated subsidiaries, Air Japan Co., (“AJX”) and ANA & JP Express Co., (“AJV”), will merge. The company announced that in accordance with the ANA Group FY2010-2011 Corporate Strategy and in response to the changing environment of the airline industry overall, the two companies in question, both of which operate Boeing 767 aircraft, will merge in order to build a more flexible operating structure and streamline their operations.