东京——日本大型航空集团全日空控股（ANA Holdings）周四宣布，将收购一家拥有日本地区性航空公司的企业。作为全日空航空公司的运营方，该公司希望重建国内航线的竞争力，目前它正面临日本人口减少、需求疲软以及燃料成本飙升带来的严峻销售形势。
TOKYO -- Major Japanese aviation group ANA Holdings announced on Thursday that it will acquire a company that owns regional airlines in Japan. The operator of All Nippon Airways aims to rebuild domestic flight competitiveness as it faces tough sales conditions due to population decline in Japan, weakening demand and soaring fuel costs.
随着日本政府放宽对中型航空公司投资的限制，全日空的这一举措标志着日本国内航空公司重组的开端。
With the Japanese government lifting restrictions on investment in mid-sized airlines, ANA's move marks the first step toward the restructuring of Japan's domestic airlines.
全日空将使Regional Plus Wings（RPW）成为其全资子公司。RPW是总部位于北海道的Air Do和总部位于日本西南部宫崎县的Solaseed Air的母公司。全日空将通过换股方式收购RPW，但未披露其他细节。
ANA will make Regional Plus Wings (RPW) a wholly owned subsidiary. RPW is a parent company of Hokkaido-based Airdo and Solaseed Air, which is headquartered in Miyazaki in southwestern Japan. ANA will acquire RPW through a stock swap but has not disclosed other details.
全日空于周四与RPW达成基本协议，计划在2027年4月前完成收购。
It reached a basic agreement with RPW on Thursday and aims to complete the acquisition by April 2027.
全日空控股总裁柴田浩司在周四的新闻发布会上表示，通过增加国内航线来提升全日空品牌将吸引更多国际旅客。
Enhancing the ANA brand with [more] domestic routes will attract more international passengers, ANA Holdings President Koji Shibata said at a news conference on Thursday.
除了新冠疫情带来的冲击外，日本人口萎缩还减少了高收益的商务出行需求。柴田补充说：“收入停滞不前，而燃料成本和运营费用却在上升。如果不进行重大变革，国内航空业务的可持续增长是不可能的。”
In addition to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan's shrinking population has reduced high-yield business travel demand. "While revenue is stagnant, fuel costs and operating expenses are rising. Without significant transformation, the sustainable growth of the domestic flight business is impossible," Shibata added.
全日空控股除了拥有全方位服务航空公司全日空外，还拥有低成本航空公司乐桃航空，目前持有RPW约15%的股份，并与Air Do和Solaseed Air运营代码共享航班，但无法调整航线和时刻表，因为那将违反日本反垄断法。
ANA Holdings, which besides full-service carrier All Nippon Airways, also owns low-cost airline Peach Aviation, currently holds a roughly 15% stake in RPW, and operates code-share flights with Airdo and Solaseed Air, but cannot adjust flight routes and schedules as that would violate Japanese antitrust laws.
但通过收购RPW，全日空希望制定统一的航班计划，以提高国内航线的盈利能力并维持其航线网络。
But with the acquisition of RPW, ANA aims to establish an integrated flight plan to improve the profitability of domestic routes and maintain its route network.
Air Do运营着东京羽田机场与北海道札幌附近的新千岁机场之间的热门航线，而空之子航空则拥有连接九州地区与羽田的航线。
Airdo operates a popular route between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Shin-Chitose Airport near Sapporo, in Hokkaido, while Solaseed Air has routes connecting the Kyushu region and Haneda.
Air Do和空之子航空在成为子公司后，暂时仍将以各自品牌继续运营航班，但全日空将负责其业务运营。
Airdo and Solaseed Air will continue to operate flights under their brands for the time being even after becoming subsidiaries, but ANA will be responsible for their business operations.
为改善供需平衡并优化机队和人力资源，全日空除自身航班外，还将为这两家航空公司规划航班时刻表。此外，全日空将负责为这两家航空公司设定票价和采购飞机。
To improve supply-demand balance and optimize fleet and labor resources, ANA will plan flight schedules for the two airlines in addition to its own. Furthermore, ANA will be responsible for setting fares and procuring aircraft for both carriers.
直到2011年，国土交通省一直优先将羽田机场的起降时刻分配给Air Do等中型航空公司，以鼓励它们开辟新航线。大型航空公司对中型航空公司的投资实际上被限制在20%以内，但国土交通省于5月底废除了这一规定，允许大型航空公司收购中型航空公司。
Until 2011, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism had prioritized the allocation of flight slots at Haneda Airport to mid-sized airlines, such as Airdo, to encourage them to launch new routes. Investment by major airlines in mid-sized carriers had effectively been capped at 20%, but the ministry abolished that rule at the end of May, permitting major airlines to acquire mid-sized carriers.
同样在周四，全日空上调了截至2027年3月的财年利润和营收预期。该公司目前预计净利润为990亿日元（6.27亿美元），高于此前预期的960亿日元。但由于中东冲突导致燃料成本上升，新展望仍较上年业绩下降41.4%。
Also on Thursday, ANA raised its profit and revenue forecasts for the fiscal year ending in March 2027. It now expects net profit of 99 billion yen ($627 million), up from the previous forecast of 96 billion yen. But the new outlook still represents a 41.4% decrease compared to the previous year's result due to fuel cost increases caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
全日空将营收预期从2.77万亿日元上调至2.87万亿日元，较上年业绩增长13%。
ANA raised its revenue forecast to 2.87 trillion yen from 2.77 trillion yen, up 13% from the previous year's result.