ANA seeks $4.6bn in special financing from banks

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The runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. All Nippon Airways goes through about 100 billion yen every month to lease aircraft and make interest payments. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- ANA Holdings is in discussions for 500 billion yen ($4.6 billion) in financing from the Development Bank of Japan as well as private financial institutions, Nikkei has learned, as the airline company braces for a prolonged plunge in passenger numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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