Boeing, ANA Announce Orders for 11 787-9 Dreamliners
SEATTLE, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and All Nippon Airlines (ANA) announced that the ANA Group has ordered an additional 11 787-9 Dreamliners. The order, valued at $2.7 billion at current list prices, bring the total number of 787s ANA has ordered to 66 airplanes consisting of 36 787-8s and 30 787-9s.
“The improved fuel efficiency and greater seating capacity of the 787-9 will provide ANA with added flexibility,” said Hideki Kunugi, Head of Aircraft Purchasing & Sales at ANA. “The new Dreamliners will also help support the profitable expansion of ANA’s international and domestic routes in the future.”
The airline has announced plans to launch a new route from Narita to San Jose starting January 2013 using the 787, while current services between Narita and Seattle service will switch to 787 operations on Oct. 1, 2012 and Haneda to Beijing to the 787 on October 28, 2012.
Source Boeing / Edited By Airline Adviser 09/24/12