According to the ANA Beijing Office, after the World Health Organization lifted the SARS travel advisory against Beijing, the travel advisory against Japanese enterprises coming to China has also been lifted. As a result, the demand for business flights to China has begun to surge in Japan.

In order to attract more Japanese tourists to China, ANA will offer special discounts to some tourists who travel from Japan to Hong Kong in August and September.

Meanwhile, the airline also plans to team up with the Shangri-La hotel group to launch various business promotion activities.

The second largest air service in Japan, ANA started China flights in 1987 and now links with such cities as Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai and Qingdao.

(Xinhua News Agency July 11, 2003)