All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalised an order for three new B787-10 Dreamliners. The purchase, valued at approximately US$900 million at list prices, makes the carrier the first airline in Asia to operate all three variants of the B787 family.
"We truly appreciate ANA's confidence in the 787 and this order further demonstrates our decades-long partnership with ANA," said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and chief executive Ray Conner. "We are honored to play such an important role in ANA's continued success as they look to expand their fleet to include the entire family of 787 Dreamliners."
Aviation aficionados will remember that ANA was the launch customer of the Dreamliner, which it first took delivery of on September 25, 2011. The Japanese airline now operates the world’s largest fleet of B787s with a total of 34 Dreamliners.
In an attempt to leverage the added efficiency and flexibility afforded by the B787, ANA will be expanding its fleet with an additional 49 Dreamliners currently on order.
The B787-10 is the largest variant of the Dreamliner family. Along with a 25 to 30 per cent superior fuel efficiency over the airplanes it replaces, the B787-10 provides greater passenger and cargo capacity, as well as the Dreamliner family’s signature onboard features.
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Clement Huang
