ANA awarded Anti-Trust Immunity for joint venture with Lufthansa

ANA and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, released that they are launching a strategic joint venture with each other on Japan-Europe routes after ANA received Anti-Trust Immunity (ATI) approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport. This latest agreement between the two Star Alliance members follows the launch of a similar joint venture between ANA and United Airlines on Trans-Pacific routes in April.The joint venture with Lufthansa will improve the level of service offered to passengers by allowing ANA and Lufthansa to work together on schedule coordination and joint product sales. Customers will benefit from seamless transfers and better connections. The two carriers aim to introduce the new joint venture within the 2011 winter time table.