ANA To Receive Its First 787-9 Next Week
ANA’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will arrive in Tokyo, Japan next Tuesday.
The airline will begin flying the jet on domestic flights next month. It will be deployed on international routes in April.
Before paying passengers will fly on the 787-9, ANA will be operating a special commemorative flight “Dreamliner” with American and Japanese elementary school children in Japan on-board. The aircraft will fly over Mount Fuji, after departing from Haneda. Additionally, the TOMODACHI logo will be displayed on the aircraft to support the initiative to strengthen Japanese-US ties.
It appears that ANA may beat the 787-9s launch customer, Air New Zealand, in operating the world’s first passenger flight of the jet.
The first 787-9 will arrive with domestic route specifications with 395 seats; 60 more than the 787-8.
Currently, ANA has 28 787s in its fleet, and in a press release, the carrier said that “The fuel savings achieved from the 787 aircraft already in service are sufficient to operate 500 round trips from Tokyo to Frankfurt and are reducing CO2 emissions by 150,000 tons a year. When all 80 Dreamliners are in operation, the CO2 reduction will be 450,000 tons, with enough fuel saved to operate 1,400 round trips to Frankfurt.”
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