ANA (All Nippon Airways) can now see the first of 20 Boeing 777-9 ordered six years ago. And she wants to acquire up to 20,787 additional Dreamliner.
The 777-9 1629 registered JA0171 of the Japanese private company was photographed at Everett on February 24, 2020, without any visible distinctive sign and not yet equipped with its engines. ANA becomes the third operator to have its 777-9 partially assembled, after Emirates Airlines and Lufthansa – the Dubai-based airline to be its launch company in 2021.
The Star Alliance company had finalized in July 2014 an order for $ 13 billion from Boeing, including the twenty 777X but also six 777-300ER fourteen 787-9 Dreamliner – becoming the Dreamliner’s biggest customer with 80 expected. ANA President Shinichiro Ito pointed out that the aircraft chosen « will modernize and extend the fleet, even more, to allow the company to become one of the first airline groups in the world », while allowing maximum flexibility, better fuel savings in order to cope with « the growth in demand both internationally and in the domestic market ».
ANA 777-9 line 1629 JA071A on the Everett flightline pic.twitter.com/lKLvqfNp15
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ANA currently operates a long-haul passenger fleet of 71 Dreamliner (787-8, -9 and -10), 55 Triple Sept (-200ER and -300ER) and 34,767-300ER, as well as two of the three Airbus A380s expected. Its order book includes among others fifteen additional A321neo, twenty 737 MAX 8 and fifteen Mitsubishi Superjet. And it announced this morning a purchase commitment for twenty additional Boeing – eleven 787-10, four 787-9 and five optional 787-9 which will make it reach the 103 Dreamliner expected according to a press release from the manufacturer.
Boeing launched the 777X at the 2013 Dubai Air Show. In March 2014, ANA of Japan ordered 20 777-9X models. Orders and deliveries Orders. 777X, aka the 777-8 and 777-9 The aircraft is essentially a derivative of the current 777s, with a new wing and engines. They are stretch models seating 50-60 more passengers than previous versions. The 777-8 will be 229 feet; the 777-9 will be 251 feet, 9 inches, about one foot longer than the current longest-airplane record holder, the 747-8.
- With concerns over its Boeing 737 MAX and a drought of orders coming into the Paris Air Show, until it landed a blockbuster order Tuesday, Boeing is certainly in need of some positive press. And it’s hoping to get that from its new Boeing 777X aircraft. The newest version of its popular Boeing 777 family.
- The 777X is a giant plane entering the market when airlines will have trouble filling it. Key customers including British Airways, Emirates of Dubai, and Cathay Pacific of Hong Kong are reeling.
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