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Friday, December 30, 2011

ANA expands 787 routes

All Nippon Airways (ANA) will begin operating the Boeing 787 on a further three domestic routes starting January.

ANA announced Tuesday it plans Dreamliner services on Tokyo Haneda (HND)-Itami (Osaka) and HHND-Yamaguchi Ube routes from Jan. 23, and between HND-Matsuyama from Mar. 1.

ANA, the launch customer for the 787, began flying the Dreamliner on HND-Okayama and HND-Hiroshima routes in November and will launch its first international 787 service on Jan. 21 when flights start between HND and Frankfurt.

The carrier was scheduled to receive a third 787 this month, but announced that would be delayed because of productivity issues at Boeing. (ATW Daily News, Dec. 21). ANA expects to take delivery of 20 787s by end of March, 2013.

The carrier also announced Tuesday that all its 787s to be delivered in 2012 will be painted with a special design that features the number “787” in large blue font at the front of the aircraft. (ATW Editors’ Blog, Dec. 27).

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