ANA partners with world renowned hotels and restaurants on new in-flight menus

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1 ANA partners with world renowned hotels and restaurants on new in-flight menus ANA will collaborate with some of the world s most highly acclaimed restaurants in Thailand, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Los Angeles Partnering with chefs from the Four Seasons, the Shangri-La, and Patina Restaurant New meals available on Business Class flights to Japan from December 2014 TOKYO, October 21, 2014 From December 2014, ANA will be introducing in-flight meals created in collaboration with some of the world s most highly acclaimed restaurants in Thailand, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Los Angeles on flights from these countries to Japan. World class chefs from the Four Seasons, the Shangri-La, and the Patina Restaurant Group will work with ANA to create bespoke menus for passengers to enjoy on flights to Japan, providing passengers with more choice and variety. Passengers will be able to enjoy local cuisine from the country of departure, in addition to ANA s traditional Japanese menu. For some international passengers, this may be their first taste of ANA s in-flight cuisine, whilst for passengers returning home to Japan, these meals will be a deliciously fitting finale to a business trip or holiday. ANA began collaborating with renowned hotels and chefs on its in-fight menus last year, introducing meals to Taiwan and India route. The extension of this initiative demonstrates ANA s continued commitment to catering for its diverse international customer base and providing the highest levels of quality and comfort in-flight. This next phase in the initiative will see even more delicious and beautifully-presented meal. ANA is the only airline in Japan to have been awarded the maximum 5-star rating from Skytrax for two consecutive years, and the extension of the in-flight menu collaborations will further improve its passenger experience.

2 In-flight meal collaborations on international routes (1)Thailand: Routes: Bangkok to Japan *Excludes late-night departure flights Period: December 2014-November 2015 Collaboration partner: Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok In order to provide authentic Thai food to our passengers, we will be teaming up with the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, a leading purveyor of Thai food in the city. We will be presenting dishes produced in collaboration with the Spice Market, known locally as one of the best places to enjoy Thai food. (2) Singapore: Routes: Singapore to Japan *Excludes late-night departure flights Period: December 2014-November 2015 Collaboration partner: Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel ANA will be collaborating with the Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel which operates six restaurants including those specializing in Cantonese and Italian cuisine. Passengers will be able to enjoy a creative menu from Summer Palace, a restaurant that provides authentic Cantonese cuisine. (3)China Routes: Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, Hangzhou to Japan *Excludes some flights Period: Beijing in February, May, August and October 2015 Dalian, Shenyang and Hangzhou in January, April, July and November 2015 Collaboration partner: Shangri-La Hotel In collaboration with restaurant at Shangri-La Hotel, a well-established hotel widely known throughout China, ANA will provide authentic Cantonese food. For routes from Beijing, customers can enjoy meals produced by their chef with more than 40 years experience.

3 (4)Hong Kong Routes: Hong Kong to Japan Period: December 2014 and March, June and September 2015 Collaboration partner: Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong In collaboration with, a 2-star Michelin restaurant at the hotel, ANA will be providing the restaurant's signature, high-quality Cantonese cuisine, produced by their chef who also has experience at other high-class international hotels. Wine recommended by the hotel will also accompany the dishes (available on flights departing and arriving Hong Kong, from Haneda and Narita). (5)Los Angeles Routes: Los Angeles to Japan Period: December 2014 to November 2015 Collaboration partner: Patina ANA will collaborate with Patina Restaurant Group, which regularly tops restaurant rankings in the US and has won numerous prestigious restaurant awards. Patina's highly creative Californian cuisine, enjoyed by Hollywood s celebrities, will be served at breakfast on late-night flights and for lunch on daytime flights. Passengers will also get to enjoy an original cocktail created especially for ANA, the Nippon Old Fashioned. Following collaboration menus by our partners in 2014 will continue to be served on board in (6)Taiwan Routes: Taiwan to Japan Period: February, June and September 2015 Collaboration partner: Regent Taipei ANA will provide the collaboration meal, a creation by their chef, which well represents hotel s guaranteed quality, and delicious cuisine. (7)India Routes: India to Japan, Japan (Tokyo) to outside of Japan Class: First Class(from Japan), Business class, Economy class Period: From December 2014 Collaboration Partner: Chef Satish Arora ANA has been in partnership with the world renowned award-wining Chef Satish Arora, since the inauguration of the India routes. From December, special meals of Hindu meal and Vegetarian Hindu meal, designed by the Chef, will not only be available on routes from India, but also expand to routes from Tokyo.

4 Contact : Ryosei Nomura and Maho Ito at ANA Public Relations, TEL About ANA: All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the 13th largest airline in the world by revenues (2013) and the largest airline in Japan by revenues and passenger numbers. Founded in 1952, ANA flies today on 72 international routes and 115 domestic routes with a fleet of about 240 aircraft. ANA Group has 33,000 employees. In 2013, it carried 46 million passengers and generated revenues of 1.6 trillion Japanese yen. ANA has been a core 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 was awarded five stars in 2013 and 2014 by the world's leading Airline and Airport review site, SKYTRAX. ANA is the launch customer and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

5 About the New Collaboration Partners Country/City Collaboration Partner Restaurant Menu Description Spice Market Thailand Chef Supanut Khanarak Choose from deep-fried chicken and vegetables or stir-fried squid and sweet chili for main dish, accompanied with the must-have Thai dish shrimp toast. Singapore Summer Palace Liu Ching Hai For main dish, feel free to choose from stir-fried fillet of beef with black pepper sauce, or oven backed whitefish with teriyaki sauce. Personalize your selection by adding XO sauce or chili sauce to enjoy the different taste. Beijing Kam Siew Tong Feb Enjoy the harmony of Chinese and Japanese cuisines, reflected in the main dish of deep-fried cod fish with stir-fried broccoli and udon noodles, and green tea cake as dessert. Dalian Shenyang Jan Savor the popular Chinese dishes which main dish is stir-fried eggplant with Sichuan sauce with wok fried rice noodles, and dessert is almond bean curd with assorted fruits. Hangzhou Hong Kong Mok Kit Keung Dec Indulge your senses with Hong Kong's signature cuisine, consisting of pineapple barbecued pork bun, kung pao prawn accompanied with fried rice, mango cream with sago and pomelo. Los Angeles Patina Chef and Founder Joachim Splichal We serve fillet of beef with colorful vegetables for daytime flight, and organic scramble eggs with avocados for late-night flight. Enjoy the colorful California cuisine, the creations by the talented and creative chef Joachim.

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