ANA and Singapore Airlines have fi led for permission to increase their present code-sharing relationship to cover destinations in Asia, North America and Japan beyond the hub airports of Changi and Narita, from September 1 this year.

Five destinations in Japan, from the southernmost island of Okinawa to Sapporo in the north, as well as Chicago and Washington, DC in the US will be added to Singapore Airlines’ network.

Four cities in India, in addition to Jakarta and Johannesburg will be added to the ANA network.The two Star Alliance members began code-sharing on fl ights between Japan and Singapore in August 2004, at present covering 36 weekly fl ights operated by Singapore Airlines and 7 weekly fl ights operated by ANA.