All Nippon Airways ! NH ! ANA !

When ZA101 rolled out at Paine Field here it was configured in a high density, two-class seating pattern for 264 passengers, including just 12 in business class. Nominal seating for a 787-8 is 210-250.

Officials said current planning for short-range international routes – regional routes in East and Southeast Asia – will be for a total 222 passengers in two classes, with 42 in business class. The initial aircraft included a stand-up bar in the mid-cabin.

The long-haul international ANA 787 will fly 46 of the new business class staggered seat and 112 economy, providing more seat-pitch than the domestic aircraft. One aspect of ANA’s economy that wasn’t at first obvious was the center armrests. No one likes to be sitting in the middle of a 2-4-2 layout, but ANA gives passengers a double arm rest in the middle, making the it less painful to have that middle seat.

Japan's All Nippon Airways says it will be the world's first airline to operate the latest Boeing passenger plane, the 787 Dreamliner.

ANA said on Tuesday that it is to receive delivery of the aircraft in late September and operate the plane's first-ever commercial flight, from Narita Airport to Hong Kong on October 26th.

ANA also says it plans to start using the plane for regular domestic flights linking Tokyo's Haneda Airport with Hiroshima and Okayama on November 1st.

The carrier also plans to use the plane for regular flights between Haneda and Beijing, China, in December and between Haneda and Frankfurt, Germany, next January.

Boeing uses carbon fiber for the plane's fuselage to reduce its weight and improve fuel efficiency by up to 20 percent compared to equivalent-sized aircraft.

Delivery of the 787 has been rescheduled 7 times, due to design changes and other reasons. ANA has ordered 55 of the planes, and Japan Airlines 35

ANA Boeing 767 damaged after 'hard landing'

An All Nippon Airways' Boeing 767-300 aircraft was damaged after a
"rough landing" at Tokyo's Narita International airport on 20 June.

The aircraft, registration JA610A, was on a Beijing-Narita service when the
incident happened at 13:28 local time. Flightglobal data show that the
airframe was manufactured in 2002.

During the landing the 767
bounced off the runway before coming down heavily a second time, a video
recording of the incident shows.

"The flight had a rough landing
when it landed at Narita's runway. After all passengers and crew were
off, our mechanic checked the aircraft and found the outer panel of the
aircraft's fore side of the body had been damaged," says an ANA
spokeswoman.

She adds that there were strong winds when the incident happened but it
remains unclear whether the weather caused the rough landing.
The Japan Transport Safety Board is now investigating the case, and the aircraft is grounded at ANA's hangar at Narita airport.
"It is not yet decided whether we will return the aircraft to service," says the spokeswoman.
None of the 183 passengers and 10 crew onboard were injured.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/video-ana-boeing-767-damaged-after-hard-landing-373237/

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc said it will buy AirAsia Bhd out of a Tokyo-based budget airline joint venture and operate the business as a wholly owned subsidiary, dissolving an alliance after less than two years.
The low-cost airline joint venture, based at Tokyo's main international airport at Narita, has failed to win over Japanese travelers since it was set up in August 2011. ANA has blamed the poor performance of AirAsia Japan on ineffective marketing and a user-unfriendly booking website.
AirAsia said earlier this month it may dissolve the venture due to disagreement over how to operate the business. Executives from the Malaysian budget airline and ANA, which owns 67 percent of the venture, had been unable to find common ground on issues including cost management.
The breakup comes at a time when AirAsia is planning to expand overseas. However, the move is consistent with AirAsia's decisions to drop loss-making routes.
AirAsia Japan has been reporting losses since it began operations with flights to five local destinations and two in South Korea. The venture cut ANA's operating profit by about 3.5 billion yen ($35.87 million) in the year ended March, ANA's Senior Vice President Shinzo Shimizu said on Tuesday.
"We judged it would be better to operate the carrier as a wholly owned unit," Shimizu said at a press conference in Tokyo.
ANA did not say how much it will pay to buy out AirAsia.
ANA has another budget joint venture Peach based out of Osaka's Kansai airport. Local rival Japan Airlines operates Jetstar Japan, a joint venture with Qantas Airways that has bases in both Narita and Kansai.
Shimizu said ANA will decide in July how to operate the former AirAsia venture and will choose a name for the unit, which will use the AirAsia livery until November.
A possible merger with Peach was one option being considered, he added. ($1 = 97.5750 Japanese yen)

Rasta' a écrit:Ce serait une première percée d'Airbus sur le segment du long courrier auprès d'une "major" japonaise.