, also known as ANA (''Ē-enu-ē'') or is an airline in Japan. Its headquarters are located in Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area of

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ward of

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. It operates services to both domestic and international destinations and had more than 20,000 employees as of March 2016. In addition to its mainline operations, ANA controls several subsidiary passenger carriers, including its regional airline, ANA Wings, Air Nippon, Air Do (a low-cost carrier operating scheduled service between

and cities in Hokkaido), and Allex Cargo (ANA Cargo - the freighter division operated by Air Japan). ANA is also the largest shareholder in

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, a low-cost carrier joint venture with Hong Kong company First Eastern Investment Group. In October 1999, the airline became a member of Star Alliance. On 29 March 2013, ANA was named a 5-Star Airline by

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. On 27 April 2018, ANA announced ANA Business Jet Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Sojitz to offer private jet charter flights.

History

Formation

Founders of Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports

ANA's earliest ancestor was (also known as Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane), an airline company founded on 27 December 1952. Nippon Helicopter was the source of what would later be ANA's International Air Transport Association (IATA)

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, NH.

NH began

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services in February 1953. On 15 December 1953, it operated its first cargo flight between

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and

using a de Havilland Dove, JA5008. This was the first scheduled flight flown by a Japanese pilot in postwar Japan. Passenger service on the same route began on 1 February 1954, and was upgraded to a

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in March. In 1955, Douglas DC-3s began flying for NH as well, by which time the airline's route network extended from northern Kyūshū to Sapporo. In December 1957 Nippon Helicopter changed its name to All Nippon Airways Company. ANA's other ancestor was . Although it was founded on 26 December 1952, one day before Nippon Helicopter, it did not begin operations until 20 January 1954, when it began night cargo runs between Osaka and Tokyo, also using a de Havilland Dove. It adopted the DC-3 in early 1957, by which point its route network extended through southern Japan from

to Kagoshima. Far East Airlines merged with the newly named All Nippon Airways in March 1958. The combined companies had a total market capitalization of 600 million yen, and the result of the merger was Japan's largest private airline. The merged airline received a new Japanese name (; ; Japan Air Transport). The company logo of the larger NH was selected as the logo of the new combined airline, and the new carrier operated a route network combined from its two predecessors.

Domestic era

ANA grew through the 1960s, adding the

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to the fleet in 1960 and the Fokker F27 in 1961. October 1961 marked ANA's debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as well as the Osaka Securities Exchange. 1963 saw another merger, with Fujita Airlines, raising the company's capital to 4.65 billion yen. In 1965 ANA introduced jets with Boeing 727s on the Tokyo-Sapporo route. It also introduced Japan's first homegrown turboprop airliner, the

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in 1965, replacing Convair 440s on local routes. In 1969, ANA introduced Boeing 737 services. ANA Boeing 747SR PER Wheatley

As ANA grew it started to contract travel companies across Japan to handle ground services in each region. Many of these companies received shares in ANA as part of their deals. Some of these relationships continue today in different forms: for instance, Nagoya Railroad, which handled ANA's operations in the Chūbu region along with other partnerships, maintains a permanent seat on ANA's board of directors. By 1974, ANA had Japan's largest domestic airline network. While ANA's domestic operations grew, the

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had granted government-owned Japan Airlines (JAL) a monopoly on international scheduled flights that lasted until 1986. ANA was allowed to operate international charter flights: its first was a

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charter from

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on 21 February 1971. ANA L-1011-1 (1992 Osaka International Airport)

ANA bought its first widebody aircraft, six Lockheed L-1011s, in November 1971, following a lengthy sales effort by Lockheed which had involved negotiations between US president

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, Japanese prime minister

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and UK prime minister Edward Heath (lobbying in favor of engine maker Rolls-Royce). Tanaka also pressed Japanese regulators to permit ANA to operate on Asia routes as part of the package. The aircraft entered service on the Tokyo-Okinawa route in 1974. The carrier had ordered

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s but cancelled the order at the last minute and switched to Lockheed. It was later revealed that Lockheed had indirectly bribed Prime Minister

to force this switch: the scandal led to the arrest of Tanaka and several managers from ANA and Lockheed sales agent Marubeni for corruption. Boeing 747-200s were introduced on the Tokyo-Sapporo and Tokyo-Fukuoka routes in 1976 and Boeing 767s in 1983 on Shikoku routes. The carrier's first B747s were the short-range SR variant, designed for Japanese domestic routes.

International era

In 1986, ANA began to expand beyond Japan's key domestic carrier to become a competitive international carrier as well. On 3 March 1986, ANA started scheduled international flights with a passenger service from

to Guam. Flights to

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and Washington, D.C., followed by year's end, and ANA also entered a service agreement with

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to feed the US carrier's new flights to Narita. ANA expanded its international services gradually: to

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, Dalian,

and

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in 1987; to

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in 1988; to

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and Saipan in 1989; to

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in 1990 and to New York and

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in 1991. Airbus equipment such as the A320 and A321 was added to the fleet in the early 1990s, as was the Boeing 747-400 jet. ANA joined the Star Alliance in October 1999. 2004 saw ANA's profits exceed JAL's for the first time. That year, facing a surplus of slots due to the construction of new airports and the ongoing expansion of Tokyo International Airport, ANA announced a fleet renewal plan that would replace some of its large aircraft with a greater number of smaller aircraft. Also in 2004, ANA set up low-cost subsidiary

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to operate flights from Fukuoka Airport starting in 2005, and became the majority shareholder in Nakanihon Airline Service (NAL) headquartered in Nagoya Airport. In 2005, ANA renamed NAL to Air Central, and relocated its headquarters to

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. On 12 July 2005, ANA reached a deal with NYK to sell its 27.6% share in Nippon Cargo Airlines, a joint venture formed between the two companies in 1987. The sale allowed ANA to focus on developing its own cargo division. In 2006, ANA,

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, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines founded ANA & JP Express (AJV), which would operate freighters. ANA is the top shareholder of AJV. It absorbed Air Japan's freighter operations. '' Air Transport World'' named ANA its 2007 "Airline of the Year". In 2006, the airline was recognized by FlightOnTime.info as the most punctual scheduled airline between London and Tokyo for the last four consecutive years, based on official British statistics. Japan Airlines took over the title in 2007. In 2009, ANA announced plans to test an idea as part of the airline's "e-flight" campaign, encouraging passengers on select flights to visit the airport restroom before they board. On 10 November of the same year, ANA also announced "Inspiration of Japan", ANA's newest international flight concept, with redesigned cabins initially launched on its 777-300ER aircraft. In July 2011, All Nippon Airways and AirAsia agreed to form a low-cost carrier, called

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, based at

's Narita International Airport. ANA held 51 percent shares and AirAsia held 33 percent voting shares and 16 percent non-voting shares through its wholly owned subsidiary, AA International. The carrier lasted until October 2013, when AirAsia withdrew from the joint venture; the carrier was subsequently rebranded as Vanilla Air. In March 2018, All Nippon Airways announced the integration of its two low cost carrier subsidiaries Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air into one entity retaining the Peach name; starting in the second half of FY2018 and to be completed by the end of FY2019. On 29 January 2019, ANA Holdings purchased a 9.5% stake in PAL Holdings, Philippine Airlines' parent company, for US$95 million.

Parent company

ANA Holdings Company was created in April 2013 due to the "changing landscape of the airline industry", with competition against low cost carriers cited as one of the reasons. The new holding company would have over 70 companies under it, most notably All Nippon Airways, but also low cost subsidiaries such as Peach Aviation, and other catering and ground operations companies. The holding company is led by a separate chairman and CEO.

Senior leadership

* ''Chairman'': Shinya Katanozaka (since April 2022) * ''Chief Executive'': Koji Shibata (since April 2022)

List of former Chairmen

# Yoji Ohashi (2013–2015) # Shinichiro Ito (2015–2022)

List of former Chief Executives

# Shinichiro Ito (2013–2015) # Shinya Katanozaka (2015–2022)

Corporate affairs and identity

President and Chief Executive Officer

All Nippon Airways has been led by only a President and CEO since April 2013, when a new parent company was formed. The Chairman of All Nippon Airways became the chairman of the holding company, and All Nippon Airways ceased to have its own chairman. The following is a list of Presidents and CEOs, along with the year of their appointment: # Masuichi Midoro – 1952 # Kaheita Okazaki – 1961 # Isamu Morimura – 1967 # Tetsuo Oba – 1969 # Tokuji Wakasa – 1970 # Masamichi Anzai – 1976 # Taizo Nakamura – 1983 # Akio Kondo – 1987 # Seiji Fukatsu – 1993 # Kichisaburo Nomura – 1997 # Yoji Ohashi – 2001 # Mineo Yamamoto – 2005 # Shinichiro Ito – 2009 # Osamu Shinobe – 2013 # Yuji Hirako – 2017 # Shinichi Inoue – 2022 (current)

Headquarters

All Nippon Airways is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in

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, Japan.Principal Offices
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''. 26 August 2002. Retrieved on 12 February 2010. "The officials said the ANA group will take up 10 floors of the 43-story Shiodome City Center building, now under construction and expected to be completed." Shiodome City Center, which became ANA's headquarters, opened in 2003.

Subsidiaries

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Commercial aviation * Air Japan * ANA Wings * Air Do (major shareholder) *

(largest shareholder) * Philippine Airlines (9.5% shareholder) * Vietnam Airlines (8.8% shareholder) *

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(Flight Training Academy training pilots for ANA Group airlines and other worldwide airlines by contract) * Pan Am International Flight Academy General aviation * All Nippon Helicopter (dedicated for the public broadcaster NHK.) Discontinued *

(folded into Peach Aviation) *

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(80% shareholding, ceased operations on 31 March 2006) * Allex Cargo (merged into Air Japan) The following airlines merged into ANA Wings on 1 October 2010 * Air Nippon *

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* Air Central

Cargo services

As of May 2021, ANA operates a fleet of 6 freighter aircraft, Including 4

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(BCF) and 2 Boeing 777F. ANA's freighters operate on 18 international routes and 6 domestic routes. ANA operates an overnight cargo hub at

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, which receives inbound freighter flights from key destinations in Japan, China and Southeast Asia between 1 and 4 a.m., followed by return flights between 4 and 6 a.m., allowing overnight service between these regional hubs as well as onward connections to other ANA and partner carrier flights. The 767 freighters also operate daytime flights from Narita and Kansai to various destinations in East and Southeast Asia. ANA also operates a 767 freighter on an overnight Kansai-Haneda- Saga-Kansai route on weeknights, which is used by overnight delivery services to send parcels to and from destinations in Kyushu. ANA established a 767 freighter operation in 2006 through a JV with

and Mitsui, called ANA & JP Express. ANA announced a second freighter joint venture called Allex in 2008, with Kintetsu World Express,

, MOL Logistics and Yusen Air & Sea as JV partners. Allex merged with ANA subsidiary Overseas Courier Services (OCS), an overseas periodical distribution company, in 2009, and ANA & JP Express was folded into ANA in 2010. ANA Cargo and the United States-based United Parcel Service have a cargo alliance and a code-share agreement, similar to an airline alliance, to transport member cargo on UPS Airlines aircraft. ANA also has a long historical relationship with Nippon Cargo Airlines, a Narita-based operator of Boeing 747 freighters. ANA co-founded NCA with shipping company Nippon Yusen in 1978, and at one time held 27.5% of NCA's stock. ANA sold its stake to NYK in 2005, but retained a technical partnership with NCA. ANA announced in July 2013 that it would charter NCA's 747 freighter aircraft for an overnight cargo run between Narita and Okinawa, doubling capacity between ANA's key cargo hubs and freeing up 767 aircraft to operate new routes from Okinawa to Nagoya and Qingdao.

Destinations

ANA has an extensive domestic route network that covers the entirety of Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south. ANA's international route network extends through China, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, Canada, United States, Mexico, Australia, and Western Europe. Its key international hub is Narita International Airport, where it shares the South Wing of Terminal 1 with its Star Alliance partners. ANA's international network currently focuses on business destinations; its only remaining "resort" routes are its routes from Haneda and Narita to Honolulu; past resort routes such as Narita-Guam, Kansai-Honolulu and Nagoya-Honolulu have been cancelled, although ANA plans to expand resort service in the future through its low-cost subsidiary Peach Aviation.

Codeshare agreements

All Nippon Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: * Air Canada * Air China * Air Do * Air Dolomiti * Air Japan (Subsidiary) * Air Macau * Air New Zealand * Amakusa Airlines * Asiana Airlines * Austrian Airlines * Avianca * Brussels Airlines * Etihad Airways * Ethiopian Airlines * Eurowings *

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* Garuda Indonesia * Ibex Airlines * Japan Air Commuter *

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* LOT Polish Airlines * Lufthansa * Oriental Air Bridge * Philippine Airlines *

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* Solaseed Air * South African Airways *

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* Swiss International Air Lines * TAP Air Portugal *

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* Turkish Airlines * United Airlines * Vietnam Airlines * Virgin Australia

Interline agreements

All Nippon Airways have

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s with the following airlines: *

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Fleet

Fleet plans

On 31 July 2014, ANA firmed up orders for 7 Airbus A320neos, 23 Airbus A321neos, 20 Boeing 777-9Xs, 14 Boeing 787-9s and 6 Boeing 777-300ERs, to be used for its short and long-haul fleet renewal. Boeing valued ANA's order at approximately $13 billion at list prices. On 2 February 2015, ANA placed orders with Airbus and Boeing worth $2.2bn for three Boeing 787-10s, five Boeing 737-800s and seven Airbus A321s. In late July 2015, ANA entered into a secret agreement with Airbus to make additional orders in the future (number and model(s) of aircraft unidentified) in exchange for Airbus support of ANA plans to invest in bankrupt Skymark Airlines. Also in 2015, ANA placed orders for 15 Mitsubishi Regional Jets for regional flights, to be operated by ANA Wings. On 29 January 2016, ANA signed a purchase agreement with

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, covering firm orders for three

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s, for delivery from fiscal 2018 to operate on the Tokyo (Narita) to Honolulu route.

Current fleet

Boeing 787

ANA was the launch customer for the new Boeing widebody, the

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, ordering 50 examples with an option for 50 more during April 2004. ANA split the order between 30 of the short-range 787-3 and 20 of the long-haul 787-8. However, ANA later converted its −3 orders to the −8 variant. Deliveries finally began in late 2011 when ANA received its first Boeing 787 on 21 September, the first-ever Dreamliner to be delivered in the world. ANA flew its first Boeing 787 passenger flight on 26 October 2011, which operated as a charter flight from Tokyo Narita to Hong Kong. ANA also became the second airline to receive the Boeing 787-9 on 28 July 2014. Despite being second, the airline preceded launch customer Air New Zealand for the first commercial flight on the 787-9, a special sightseeing charter for Japanese and American school children on 4 August.

Historic fleet

All Nippon Airways NAMC YS-11 (JA8743) in 1983 livery

The

was an important aircraft for All Nippon Airways, although most of them were used under the name of ANK, or Air Nippon, a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways. The final YS-11 in operation was retired in 2006. A number of YS-11s are in museums, or otherwise scrapped or taken apart. After a final retirement process through September 2006, all YS-11s were grounded, obligated to retire, unless privately owned and were privately restored. The YS-11 was a big part of All Nippon Airways from the 1970s to the early 1990s, when it was used on domestic operations. ANA flew its last flight of an

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on 29 February 2008. This marked the end of almost ten years of operation of the Airbus A321-100, of which ANA was the only Japanese operator. All Nippon Airways has operated the following aircraft:

Liveries

Former livery

The ANA former " Mohican" livery consists of a blue and white colour scheme painted as strip sections on the fuselage, with a blue vertical stabilizer with the former ANA logo. All aircraft wearing this livery are either retired or repainted. In 2010, one Boeing 767-300 was repainted in this livery.

Current livery

The current "Triton blue" livery has a white and grey fuselage, with a blue strip painted under the windows. The ANA logo and their slogan "Inspiration of Japan" is painted on top of the windows. The vertical stabilizer is painted blue with the word ANA painted sideways.

Special liveries

Many ANA aircraft have operated in special

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through the years: * Six jets in Star Alliance livery: two Boeing 777-200s, one Boeing 777-300ER, one Boeing 767-300ER, one Boeing 737-800 and one Boeing 787-9 * Five Pokémon-themed jets: three Boeing 747-400s, one Boeing 767-300 and one Boeing 777-300 * Four Star Wars-themed jets: one Boeing 787-9 in an R2-D2 livery; one Boeing 777-300ER in a BB-8 livery; one Boeing 767-300ER in a mixed R2-D2 and BB-8 livery; and one Boeing 777-200ER in a C-3PO livery. * Three Airbus A380-800s in ANA Flying Honu liveries ( meaning ' sea turtle' in Hawaiian) * Three Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba-themed jets: two Boeing 767-300ERs, one Boeing 777-200ER * Two Boeing 787s painted in ANA Future Promise livery to promote sustainable flying. File:JA712A (7226646904).jpg, ANA Boeing 777-200 in Star Alliance livery File:JA606A (10758748516) (2).jpg, ANA Boeing 767-300ER in panda livery (since repainted back into standard livery) File:Boeing 747-481D, All Nippon Airways - ANA AN1621241.jpg, Boeing 747-400 in special Pokémon (Hoenn) livery File:ANA Boeing 787-8 JA809A at Takamatsu Airport.JPG, Boeing 787-8 in special 787 launch livery File:ANA B787-8(JA801A) Dreamliner (6862123657).jpg, Boeing 787-8 in special 787 launch livery File:All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-400 yellow pokemon.jpg, Boeing 747-400 in special Yellow Pokémon (Hoenn) livery File:ANA B737-700(JA02AN) "Gold Jet" (3943310662).jpg, Boeing 737-700 in Gold Jet livery File:Boeing 777-381, All Nippon Airways - ANA AN1989429.jpg, Boeing 777-300 in special Pokémon (Unova) livery File:ANA retrojet JA602A.jpg, Boeing 767-300 in Retro livery File:All Nippon Airways, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, JA873A (25877953413).jpg, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in Star Wars R2-D2 livery File:All Nippon Airways, Boeing 777-300ER JA789A 'BB-8 livery' NRT (25984658984).jpg, Boeing 777-300ER in Star Wars BB-8 livery File:All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-800 (JA85AN) at Chubu International Airport.jpg, Boeing 737-800 in Tohoku Flower Jet livery File:JA743A at ITM.jpg, Boeing 777-200ER in Star Wars C-3PO livery File:All Nippon Airways A380 (JA381A) @ NRT, April 2019.jpg, Airbus A380-800 in Flying Honu livery File:JA741A (39186350185).jpg, Boeing 777-200ER in The New Tokyo 2020 livery File:JA874A @ Tokyo Haneda.jpg, Boeing 787-8 in Future Promise livery

Services

New cabin

Introduced in 2009, the "Inspiration of Japan" cabin features included fully-lie-flat-bed business class seats, nearly enclosed first class suite seats, fixed shell back seats in both of its economy classes, a new AVOD in-flight entertainment system (based on Panasonic Avionics Corporation's eX2 IFE system with iPod connectivity, in-seat shopping and meal ordering as well as cabin touchscreen consoles) as well as improvements to its in-flight service. ANA will also introduce a new lounge (which opened on 20 February 2010, supposed to be in coincidence with the introduction of new aircraft interiors but delayed ee below and check-in concept (later in autumn 2010) at Narita for first class and ANA Mileage Club's Diamond Service elite members. The introduction of the concept also discontinued the use of the name "Club ANA", which was used for its international business class seats (changing into a generic business class name) as well as the name of the lounges (all lounges for both first class and business class are named "ANA Lounge", with the first class lounge called the "ANA Suite Lounge" and its arrival lounge the "ANA Arrival Lounge"). ANA Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner cabin LED show

ANA Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner cabin LED show

This "Inspiration of Japan" concept was originally set to debut on 20 February 2010 with the delivery of its new Boeing 777-300ER prior to that date, followed by the introduction of the concept on that date on the Narita-New York route. However, due to delays to the new premium economy seats, the debut was pushed back to 19 April. (The delay was due to the failure of a safety test in Japan of a new seat design axle, made by seat manufacturer Koito Industries Ltd. This safety test failure also affected deliveries of aircraft to be operated by three other fellow Star Alliance members –

for its A380s, Thai Airways' A330s, and Continental Airlines for new 737-800 deliveries.) The "Inspiration of Japan" concept has been refitted on its existing 777-300ERs for service on all the airline's North American routes, and may be refitted on its European routes. Parts of it may eventually be phased into its existing

s in service as well as the upcoming Boeing 787s in order. Since February 2010 ANA offers women's-only lavatories on international flights. The first Boeing 787 the airline received have the bidets in both economy and business class lavatory.

Inflight magazine

ANA's inflight magazine is named ''Wingspan'' and is available both on board and as a freely downloadable application for Apple's

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. The iPad version is named ''Virtual Airport'' and includes content from ''Wingspan'' as well as links to airline booking and online check-in pages.

Bus shuttle services

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to Frankfurt Airport so passengers may board ANA flights at that airport, but the bus service was discontinued after ANA began its dedicated Düsseldorf flights in 2014.

In popular culture

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. '' The Japan Times''. Friday 14 November 2008. Retrieved on 19 February 2010. *ANA was featured in ''

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'', a Japanese television drama about a female pilot. *ANA sponsored the Japanese television drama ''

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'', which is about a group of airline crew members. The series starred Takuya Kimura,

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and

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. *The title for ''

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'', a Josei manga by Kei Azumaya that was inspired by All Nippon Airways. *A few of ANA's aircraft were Pokémon themed. Special exclusive promotional cards were also given out to passengers during certain Pokémon marketing campaigns. However, as of 2014, all of the Pokémon airplanes have been retired and repainted. *The fictional airline ''All Korea Airlines'' featured in the SBS Drama ''Vagabond'', sports similarities to ANA in regards to its name and logo.

Accidents and incidents

*On 12 August 1958, Flight 025, a Douglas DC-3 (JA5045), crashed off

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, one hour after takeoff from Tokyo en route to Nagoya, killing all 33 on board. *In 1958, dynamite was planted in a Douglas DC-3 by Akira Emoto, a candy salesman, as part of a suicide plan. Emoto killed himself by leaping from the aircraft and the bombs failed to detonate. *On 16 March 1960, Douglas DC-3 JA5018 was taxiing after landing at Nagoya-Komaki International Airport when North American F-86D Sabre ''94-8137'' of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) collided with its aft fuselage and tail section while attempting to take off, killing 3 of 33 on board. Although the Sabre crashed and burned, the pilot survived. *On 12 June 1961,

G-APKJ was written off when the starboard undercarriage collapsed following a heavy landing at Osaka Itami Airport. *On 19 November 1962, Vickers Viscount JA8202 crashed at Nagoya while on a training flight due to possible pilot error, killing all four crew on board. *On 30 April 1963, Douglas DC-3 JA5039 crashed at Hachijojima Airport due to locked up brakes; both pilots survived, but the aircraft was written off. *On 10 May 1963, DC-3 JA5040 crashed at Sendai. *On 5 June 1963, DC-3 JA5027 swerved off the runway on takeoff at Osaka-Itami Airport and struck the rear of a second DC-3 (JA5078); JA5078 was written off while JA5027 was repaired with parts from DC-3 JA5039. *On 14 February 1965, DC-3 JA5080 struck Mount Nakanoone at , killing both pilots; the wreckage was located on 29 December 1966. *On 4 February 1966, Flight 60, operated by

JA8302, was on approach to Tokyo Haneda Airport when it crashed into

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for reasons unknown, killing all 133 passengers and crew. Following this accident, all passenger aircraft operating in Japan were required to be equipped with cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders. *On 13 November 1966, Flight 533 operated by a

, crashed in the Seto Inland Sea off Matsuyama following an unexplained loss of altitude while attempting to go-around, killing all 50 on board. *On 30 July 1971, Flight 58, operated by a Boeing 727-200 (JA8329), collided with JASDF F-86F Sabre ''92-7932'' that was on a training flight; the right wing of the F-86 struck the left horizontal stabilizer of the 727 and both aircraft crashed out of control, killing all 162 on board the 727; the F-86 pilot ejected and survived. *On 22 June 1995 a man calling himself "Fumio Kujimi" and registered with ANA as "Saburo Kobayashi" hijacked Flight 857, a Boeing 747SR, after it took off from Tokyo. The aircraft landed in Hokkaidō where it was stormed by police, arresting the hijacker. Police stated that the hijacker was 53-year-old Fujio Kutsumi; he had demanded the release of

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. The hijacking incident lasted 16 hours. *On 23 July 1999, a man hijacked Flight 61 and killed the captain. He was subdued by other crew members, and no passengers or other crew were killed or injured. *On 13 March 2007, departed

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to Kochi Airport, where the Bombardier DHC-8-402 landed without its nose landing gear, causing damage to the nose. None of the 60 passengers and crew on board were injured. The failure for the landing gear to extend was determined to be from the landing gear doors not opening due to missing parts. *On 6 September 2011, Flight 140, operated by a 737-700 traveling from Naha to Tokyo with 117 passengers and crew, banked over 90 degrees in mid-air and rapidly descended as the first officer inadvertently rotated the rudder trim switch instead of the door unlock button as the captain returned from the lavatory. The first officer eventually regained control and leveled the aircraft. There were minor injuries to two flight attendants. *On 16 January 2013, Flight 692, a Boeing 787 flying from Yamaguchi Ube Airport to Tokyo Haneda Airport reported a battery problem while climbing to FL330. The pilots made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport. No casualties were reported during the evacuation. However, after this incident, all 787s were subsequently grounded by aviation authorities until the battery issue was resolved.

References

External links

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