ANA is definitely an authorized carrier - a friend of mine (Australian) flies into the US on the VWP with ANA all the time.


It was my understanding (not official) that pretty much all airlines are authorized. Somebody once told me that if a carrier meets the requirements to be allowed to fly into the US they will have automatically met the necessary requirements to be an authorized carrier under the VWP.

I'm sure somebody else will know more about authorized carriers- but definitely no problems with ANA.