Air India announced on Monday that it is expanding its codeshare partnership with All Nippon Airways and shifting its operations in Japan to Haneda airport, which is closer to Tokyo.
Starting from March 31, the airline will operate four weekly flights from Delhi to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, replacing its current services to Narita International Airport.
Located just 18 kilometres from downtown Tokyo, Haneda Airport significantly reduces travel time to Tokyo station, cutting it from nearly an hour by road (70 kilometres from Narita) to around 30 minutes, according to a release.
Also, the airline has strengthened its codeshare partnership with ANA.
"Subject to due regulatory approvals, beginning 1 April 2025, Air India will place its 'AI' designator code on ANA's flights between Tokyo Haneda and six other cities in Japan: Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Okinawa, Osaka, and Sapporo. This will allow Air India guests to travel to any of these destinations on a single ticket, with their baggage checked through the entire journey," the release said.
Reciprocally, ANA will place its 'NH' designator code on Air India's flights between Delhi and Haneda, Delhi and Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Pune.
Both airlines entered a codeshare agreement in April last year.
Generally, a codeshare partnership allows an airline to book its passengers on its partner carrier, and there will be a single ticket.
(With PTI Inputs)
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