Austrian Airlines joins Joint Venture between Japan and Europe

29-Mar-2013 Together with SWISS, Austrian Airlines is officially joining the Joint Venture between Lufthansa and Japanese airline ANA on 1 April 2013. The Joint Venture was brought to life by Lufthansa and ANA in April 2012, and is the basis for their cooperating on flights between Japan and Europe. The Japanese competition authority granted its authorisation for this Joint Venture (Antitrust Immunity) in September 2012. "We will benefit from the strong sales of ANA in Japan in future, and ANA will do from ours," Austrian CEO Jaan Albrecht declared. "Becoming part of the Joint Venture, therefore, is another important building block on the way to a healthy Austrian Airlines."