Vietnam Airlines and ANA Sign Joint Venture Framework: Revenue Sharing and Coordinated Schedules Planned on Japan-Vietnam Routes
Vietnam Airlines and Japan's ANA Holdings signed a framework agreement on joint venture cooperation in Tokyo on November 9, setting out plans for a joint venture on passenger services between Vietnam and Japan. The exchange of the agreement took place at a ceremony marking 10 years of strategic cooperation between the two carriers, attended by Vietnamese leader To Lam.
Under the framework, the two airlines plan to share revenue and coordinate flight schedules, fares, seat inventory, sales, marketing and passenger services on routes between the two countries. Implementation is subject to approvals from the competent authorities in both countries, including antitrust immunity. Neither carrier announced a launch date for the joint venture, new joint fares or revised schedules.
The partnership dates to 2016, when ANA Holdings entered a business and capital partnership with Vietnam Airlines and became its strategic shareholder. The two carriers already operate codeshare flights and linked frequent-flyer programmes.
Vietnam Airlines said that as of October 2026 it operated 11 nonstop routes between Vietnam and Japan with 72 flights a week, and that in the first nine months of 2026 its passenger numbers in the Japanese market rose 18 percent and passenger revenue rose 26 percent year on year.
Source: ANA Holdings
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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