The company is on track to meet its fiscal year plan with domestic passenger volumes for ANA and its low-cost carrier Peach Aviation now at about 90% of pre-pandemic levels, Shibata told reporters.

Japan began a gradual reopening to tourists in June after being practically shut to non-residents for more than two years in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Government requirements for COVID testing and tourist visas are hindering a recovery in international passenger demand, ANA airlines president Shinichi Inoue said.

(Reporting by Maki Shiraki and Rocky Swift in Tokyo; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)