ANA Holdings has announced that it will end all flight operations under the AirJapan (NQ, Tokyo Haneda) brand at the end of March 2026. The subsidiary will continue to exist and operate international flights under the mainline ANA - All Nippon Airways brand.

The Japanese holding blamed the effects of the prolonged groundings of its B787 fleet, delivery delays, and the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on its operations.

AirJapan, which currently operates two B787-8s and one B787-9 transferred from its parent airline, will continue to ply its three routes from Tokyo Narita to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Singapore Changi, and Seoul Incheon until the end of March. After that, AirJapan will continue to exist as a separate air operator's certificate holder but will effectively become a capacity provider for ANA.

Currently, AirJapan deploys the two B787-8s on its routes, while the -9 is already operated on behalf of ANA. The airline had planned to grow to five units by year-end 2025.

"Its aircraft and human resources will be consolidated into the ANA brand's operations to expand its international business. [AirJapan] will continue to contribute to ANA Group's international business by operating ANA brand international flights, leveraging its high standard of operational quality," the holding announced.

The subsidiary, which operates as a hybrid carrier positioned between the full-service ANA brand and the LCC Peach Aviation, launched in 2024 targeting mainly inbound leisure demand. In early 2025, the carrier told ch-aviation that it was planning to expand and better address the seasonality of traffic to and from Japan.

While AirJapan's B787s remain active, parent ANA is struggling with supply chain issues affecting the fleet. ch-aviation data shows that five of thirty-four B787-8s and five of forty-three B787-9s are currently inactive.

The decision has no impact on Peach Aviation, which will continue its narrowbody LCC operations.