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AirAsia, Rakuten chiefs meet press to launch new LCC venture

TOKYO, Japan - AirAsia Bhd Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes (L) and Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani (R) meet the press in Tokyo on July 1, 2014, to announce a plan to launch a joint low-cost carrier business in Japan next summer.

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AirAsia Japan to change name to Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii, president of AirAsia Japan, a low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc., tells a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2013, that it will change its name to Vanilla Air on Nov. 1 following the dissolution of the joint venture between its parent company and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd.

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AirAsia Japan to change name to Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii, president of budget airline AirAsia Japan, unveils the company's new name, Vanilla Air, at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2013. AirAsia Japan, a low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc., will adopt the new name on Nov. 1 following the dissolution of the joint venture between its parent company and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd.

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ANA, AirAsia to end joint venture

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Shimizu, senior vice president of ANA Holdings Inc., holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2013. ANA Holdings and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd announced the same day that they are ending a Japan-based low-cost airline joint venture set up two years ago.

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AirAsia, ANA to dissolve Japan joint venture

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows airplanes of AirAsia Bhd., Asia's biggest budget airline based in Malaysia, at Narita airport near Tokyo in July 2012. Sources said on June 24, 2013, that AirAsia has decided to dissolve its joint venture in Japan with All Nippon Airways Co.

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AirAsia Japan starts operation

NARITA, Japan - Passengers climb aboard the first flight of AirAsia Japan Co. at Narita airport near Tokyo bound for Fukuoka on Aug. 1, 2012. AirAsia Japan, jointly owned by All Nippon Airways Co. and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd., became the third budget airline to launch domestic flights in Japan.

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AirAsia Japan starts operation

NARITA, Japan - The first flight of AirAsia Japan Co. takes off from Narita airport near Tokyo to Fukuoka on Aug. 1, 2012. AirAsia Japan, jointly owned by All Nippon Airways Co. and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd., became the third budget airline to launch domestic flights in Japan.

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ANA, AirAsia to set up joint budget airline

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, president of All Nippon Airways Co., speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on July 21, 2011, announcing that the Japanese airline and AirAsia Bhd. of Malaysia will establish AirAsia Japan Co., a joint budget airline that will begin domestic and international flights from Narita airport near Tokyo by August 2012.

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ANA Holdings, AirAsia presents sponsorship plan for Skymark

An All Nippon Airways Co. plane (top) lands at Fukuoka airport in southwestern Japan while a Skymark Airlines Inc. plane awaits departure on Feb. 23, 2015. ANA Holdings Inc., the parent of All Nippon Airways, and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd have notified bankrupt Skymark Airlines of their plans to take part in the struggling airline's restructuring as the company ended accepting applications for sponsorship the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA Holdings, AirAsia presents sponsorship plan for Skymark

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2015, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. plane (front) and a Skymark Airlines Inc. plane at Fukuoka airport in southwestern Japan. ANA Holdings Inc., the parent of All Nippon Airways, and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd have notified bankrupt Skymark Airlines of their plans to take part in the struggling airline's restructuring as the company ended accepting applications for sponsorship the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA, AirAsia to set up joint budget airline

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, president of All Nippon Airways Co., speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on July 21, 2011, announcing that the Japanese airline and AirAsia Bhd. of Malaysia will establish AirAsia Japan Co., a joint budget airline that will begin domestic and international flights from Narita airport near Tokyo by August 2012. (Kyodo)