ANA Holdings Inc (www.ana.co.jp) and Honda Aircraft Co (www.HondaJet.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership supporting the expansion of the business-jet market around the globe by using Honda Aircraft’s HondaJet.

ANA, which currently operates about 260 commercial airplanes throughout the world, will use the HondaJet for its charter and feeder flights that connect to the existing broad network at major travel hubs in North America
and Europe.

Honda Aircraft will support various aspects of ANA’s feeder and charter flights, including working with global charter operators to provide coverage for ANA’s customers and establishing a framework for ground-support functions at a number of ANA’s transit locations.

Honda Aircraft president and CEO, Michimasa Fujino, said: “I am delighted that ANA has chosen the HondaJet to support its feeder and charter flight operations.

"I am confident that the HondaJet will meet and exceed its customers’ expectations.”

Honda Aircraft has established a world-wide dealer and authorised sales network to provide service and support for HondaJet customers.

The HondaJet authorised network spans territories in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Founded in 2006, Honda Aircraft Co is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co Inc.

Its world headquarters are located in North Carolina.