About ANA Wings
Based in Japan, ANA Wings is a regional airline. In timetables it appears as NH; in flight plans as AKX. It has a fleet of 65 aircraft (October 2026), with types including the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 and Boeing 737-800. The operation is built around Tokyo Haneda (HND), Nagoya Chubu (NGO), Osaka Itami (ITM), Fukuoka (FUK) and 2 more. It belongs to ANA (All Nippon Airways).
Its cadet route is the Flight crew (company-sponsored pilot) programme. As of 11 October 2026, the programme was listed as open for applications. Licensed pilots can also join ANA Wings as direct-entry captains. The link to the pilot careers portal is in the profile on this page. The selection is described stage by stage on this page.
The eight phases
ANA Wings at a glance
Part of ANA (All Nippon Airways)- IATA / ICAO
- NH / AKX1
- Country
- Japan
- Hubs
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), Nagoya Chubu (NGO), Osaka Itami (ITM), Fukuoka (FUK), Sapporo New Chitose (CTS), Okinawa Naha (OKA)1
- Fleet
- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400, Boeing 737-8001
- Cadet programme
- Flight crew (company-sponsored pilot) (open as of 11 Oct 2026)467
- Direct entry
- Captains5
- 1Wikipedia: ANA Wings · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2ANA WINGS home page · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3ANA WINGS recruitment · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4ANA WINGS requirements: flight crew, 2027 intake · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 5ANA WINGS notice: experienced pilot recruitment · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 6FCAT: about FCAT · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 7FCAT: home · accessed 11 Oct 2026

