ANA Partners with EF Education First

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and EF Education First (EF) have
announced the signing of a partnership agreement today. This
partnership will see EF, the world leader in language training,
provide English learning via its cloud-based school to enhance the
ability of ANA employees, including cabin attendants, to succeed in
the global business environment.

In its recently released medium-term corporate strategy for
FY2014-2016, ANA announced plans to increase the productivity of its
international passenger operations by 45 percent. ANA will be
accelerating improvements to its service quality, including the
skills of its cabin attendants, as well as the development of
personnel who can contribute to its global expansion.

ANA was recently awarded the prestigious 5-Star Airline ranking by
Skytrax for the second year in a row. The award recognized ANA for
the consistently high quality of its airport and cabin services and
for the service enhancements that it has implemented to better cater
to the needs of international passengers.

Osamu Shinobe, President and CEO of ANA, comments:

"As a full service carrier that is aiming to become the world's
leading airline, we want to further enhance the level of service that
is provided by our employees. EF has an excellent track record in
providing quality language training programs and this partnership
will boost our improvement efforts. I have high expectations that
this partnership will lead to even better services for our
customers."

EF is internationally established and known for its most recent
success as the official language training supplier to the 2014 Winter
Olympic Games in Sochi. The partnership between EF with ANA has
resulted in a training program consisting of tailored learning
modules and more than 2000 hours of study content, as well as
unlimited access to English teacher-led virtual conversation classes.

Peter Burman, President of EF Education First, comments: "We are
extremely proud to partner with ANA and support them in reaching
their English goals. Our Industry-specific expertise makes us
well-suited to deliver the necessary customized training to ANA and
we are looking forward to starting the training and seeing
outstanding results."

About ANA All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the ninth largest airline in
the world by revenues (2012) and the largest in Japan by passenger
numbers (2012). Founded in 1952, ANA flies to 31 international and 50
domestic destinations with a fleet of 232 aircraft that serves a
network of 175 routes. The company has 14,000 employees. In 2012, it
carried 45 million passengers and generated revenues of $15.8
billion. ANA has been a core member of Star Alliance since 1999 and
has joint-ventures with United Airlines on trans-Pacific routes and
with Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines, and Austrian Airlines
on Japan-Europe routes. Its Frequent Flyer Program, ANA Mileage Club,
has more than 24 million members. ANA was voted Airline of the Year
for 2013 by Air Transport World, and was awarded five stars by the
world's leading airline and airport review site, Skytrax. ANA is the
launch customer and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

About EF Education First

EF Education First (EF) is the world's leading international
education company which focuses on language, academics, and cultural
experience. Established in 1965 with a mission to open the world
through education, EF (http://www.ef.com) has more than 500 schools
and offices worldwide. Thousands of companies and millions of
students have learned a new language or traveled abroad with EF. Each
year, EF publishes the English Proficiency Index
(http://www.ef.com/epi) measuring the English ability of adults in
countries across the world.

For media enquires please contact:

Susan Nilsson, Director of Communications, susan.nilsson@ef.com,
Tel: +44(0)74-3269-2538

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