ANA : offers expanded halal-certified in-flight menu

ANA offers expanded halal-certified in-flight menu
To accommodate the airline's increasingly diverse customer base

Tokyo, June 25, 2015 -ANA, Japan's leading airline, announced today a newly expanded halal menu for its in-flight meals to address the wide range of dietary needs by a growing number of international ANA passengers.

"At ANA we pride ourselves on our attention to detail and for conveying the spirit of Japanese hospitality," said Tetsuo Fukuda, ANA Executive Vice President of CS & Products Services, Corporate Planning. "As a 5-star rated airline, we will continue to strive to meet the discerning requests of our international guests and accommodate their wide range of dietary profiles."

Japan is host to a growing number of international visitors, with notable increases from majority Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, which are up 33.4% and 16.1%, respectively1 between January and May 2015. The announcement is timed with ANA's launch of daily flights to Kuala Lumpur from Tokyo beginning September 1, 2015, as part of efforts to expand its international flight network and welcome more visitors to Japan.

Since January 2014, ANA has partnered with Brahim's Holdings Berhad (hereafter 'Brahim's'), a Malaysia-based company and the world's largest purveyor of halal cuisine, to provide halal-certified meals aboard ANA flights. Through the partnership ANA Catering Service, which is responsible for all in-flight meals and beverages for the ANA Group, has obtained certification to produce halal cuisine at its facility in Kawasaki, Japan. ANA began serving halal-certified 'arare' rice crackers on all international flights earlier this month.

Beginning on July 1, 2015, ANA will begin offering halal-certified Japanese style chicken curry created in collaboration with Brahim's, as a light meal option. The new menu item will be available on First Class

1Source: Japan National Tourism Organization, published June 18, 2015

flights between Tokyo and Europe and Singapore, on First Class Tokyo departures to North America, in Business Class travel between Tokyo and Jakarta, as well as the upcoming Tokyo-Kuala Lumpur route, which launches September 1, 2015.

Also on September 1, ANA Business Class and Economy Class passengers will have the choice of organic "Sunpu Aoido Shizuoka Green Tea," the first green tea in Japan to receive halal certification. On the same day, ANA will also begin serving a high-quality, non-alcoholic sparkling rosé wine in all First Class cabins, which will also be available for a limited time in the Business Class cabin of the upcoming Tokyo-Kuala Lumpur flight, to commemorate the launch of the service. All in-flight meals on Kuala Lumpur departures to Tokyo supplied from Brahim's will be halal-certified

About ANA
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the largest airline in Japan by revenues and passenger numbers. Founded in 1952, ANA flies today on 73 international routes and 117 domestic routes. The ANA group has 35,000 employees and a fleet of 245 aircraft. In FY2014, it carried 50.4 million passengers and generated revenues of 1.71 trillion Japanese yen. ANA has been a member of Star Alliance since 1999, and has joint-ventures with United Airlines on trans-Pacific and Asia routes, and with Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines and Austrian Airlines on Japan-Europe routes. Its Frequent Flyer Program, ANA Mileage Club, has more than 26 million members. ANA was voted Airline of the Year for 2013 by Air Transport World Magazine, and in 2015 was awarded five stars for the third consecutive year by the world's leading Airline and Airport review site, SKYTRAX. ANA is the launch customer and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.