ANA and El Al to join hands on Japan-Israel flights

Exclusive: Japanese airline to form first post-COVID international tie-up

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El Al started direct service between Tel Aviv and the Tokyo area's Narita Airport this March. © Reuters

MASAHISA YUZAWA, Nikkei staff writer

ISTANBUL -- All Nippon Airways and El Al Israel Airlines will join forces on flights between Japan and Israel in the first international tie-up by a major Japanese air carrier of the post-COVID era, Nikkei has learned.

The two airlines have agreed on the terms of the deal, which includes code-sharing and cross-honoring rewards miles, and will soon make their partnership official, people familiar with the matter said.

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