All Nippon Airways Co. said Wednesday that it will resume flights between Tokyo and Chicago's O'Hare airport in October as part of its overseas expansion plan in the coming years.

The Chicago route is among the six international routes ANA was forced to cut back on following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.

"As we try to sell flight tickets to companies for business trips on blanket contracts, we feel that" customer demand for the Chicago route is high, ANA President Mineo Yamamoto told a news conference in Tokyo.