05 December 2024

Direct flight to Tokyo from Milan Malpensa

ANA inaugurates a new air bridge between Italy and Japan: three weekly flights to connect Milan to the Japanese capital

All Nippon Airways (ANA), the Japanese airline awarded the prestigious 5-star Skytrax award for 11 consecutive years, launches a new direct connection between Milan Malpensa Airport and Tokyo Haneda Airport. Since December 3, non-stop flights have been operated three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with the aim of satisfying both business and leisure travelers.

The service, carried out with a Boeing 787-9 configured for 215 passengers (48 seats in Business Class, 21 in Premium Economy and 146 in Economy), allows you to reach Tokyo Haneda Metropolitan Airport in the early hours of the morning. The airport's strategic location, just 20 minutes from central Tokyo, and its excellent connections to the city's transport network, make it ideal for making the most of your day.

Once arrived, passengers can continue their journey to other Japanese destinations such as Osaka, Sapporo, Okinawa and Fukuoka, or explore destinations in the Asia-Pacific region thanks to ANA's extensive network.

"We are pleased to inaugurate our first direct flight from Italy to Japan," said Shinichi Inoue, President and CEO of ANA. "Milan is a destination of great importance for both business and tourist traffic. This connection not only meets the growing demand of Italians for Japan – the fourth largest European market in terms of number of visitors – but also contributes to strengthening commercial and cultural ties between the two countries."

ANA thus expands its European network which already includes direct flights from cities such as London, Paris, Frankfurt and Vienna, to which new direct flights to Tokyo Haneda will also be added from Stockholm on January 31, 2025, and from Istanbul on February 12, 2025, with the 2024-25 winter schedule.

"We enthusiastically welcome ANA to Malpensa," said Luigi Battuello, Chief Commercial Officer of SEA. "The return of a Japanese carrier after 14 years represents a significant milestone for our airport. This direct flight to Haneda further enriches the network of destinations in the Asia-Pacific region, in particular to Asia, which recorded a growth of 61% in the first ten months of the year."

With the addition of Tokyo Haneda, the Asian destinations served by Milan Malpensa rise to 27, contributing to the record of 33.2 million passengers recorded in the Milan airport system in the first ten months of 2023, an increase of 11% compared to 2019.

About ANA (All Nippon Airways)

Founded in 1952 with two helicopters, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the largest airline in Japan. Today, ANA Holdings Inc. (ANA HD) is recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired companies. ANA HD was founded in 2013 as the largest holding company of a carrier group in Japan and includes 69 airlines. It offers three distinct airline brands: ANA, Peach, the leading LCC in Japan, and AirJapan, which launched in 2024 for international routes serving Asia. ANA has been awarded a 5-Star rating by Skytrax every year since 2013 (the only Japanese airline to win it for eleven consecutive years) and has topped Cirium's Asia-Pacific time performance rankings for five consecutive years. ANA HD has been selected as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the seventh consecutive year and the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index for the eighth consecutive year.

By the Editorial staff of Avion Tourism Magazine

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