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ANA announces three new European destinations
By Airliner World
… All Nippon Airways has announced a trio of new European routes from its … flights to Istanbul, Milan/Malpensa and Stockholm. All three routes will be operated thrice-weekly. … ANA …
Japan's NAMC YS-11 - A robust and long-lasting design
By David Ransted
… with the carrier. It was later converted to a freighter ALL PHOTOS DAVID RANSTED COLLECTION In 1956, Japan’s Ministry … and tail surfaces. JA8732 (c/n 2101) was delivered to All Nippon Airways in 1969 and went on to serve with Air Nippon. This …
British Airways’ 50 years of flying the Boeing 747
By Charles Kennedy
… Kennedy looked back at the life and times of the British Airways jumbo fleet. British Airways (BA) was formed … Well before the enforced merger, BOAC had been considering all options to renew its fleet with more capable airliners. … machines were sold in 1990: one to Cargolux and one to All Nippon Airways and the Wardair machines went to Philippine …
How Boeing builds the 787 Dreamliner
By Airliner World
… Boeing has built outside the Washington state area BOEING All Nippon Airways (ANA) had already made sure that the Dreamliner would …
Trident a revolutionary Failure?
… 1965, the jet served with both BEA and later British Airways, before being broken up at Prestwick in May 1976 All images KEY Collection unless stated F earing competition … set off on a route proving and sales demonstration to All Nippon Airways in Japan. Demonstrations were given in Tokyo, …
UK planespotting highlights for September 2023
By Airliner World
… UK. For the most part, they’re commercial jets, but almost all of them are unusual types, wearing new or unique …
Classic airliners in colour: Tokyo Haneda in the 1960-70s
By Bob O'Brien
Almost half a century after rival hub Narita's controversial opening, Tokyo’s downtown airport – Haneda – remains popular with both passengers and airlines. Bob O’Brien shares images from a time when the Japanese giant was Tokyo’s sole gateway
What it was like to fly on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner service
By Lee Simonetta
… world’s first Dreamliner passenger service operated by by All Nippon Airways (ANA) Having flown on the first passenger flight of …
Second ANA Pokémon jet touches down in London
By Thomas Haynes
… Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has expanded its partnership with The Pokémon …
Thailand's crazy airliner conversions: an illustrated tour
By Dirk Grothe
… also find around a dozen Boeing 747s (mostly former Thai Airways and Orient Thai Airlines aircraft) and various … in downtown Bangkok. The latter was delivered to Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) as JA8413 (c/n 20507) in June 1971 and …
Etihad returns Airbus A380s to service
By Thomas Haynes
… UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways returned the Airbus A380 to service today (July 25) … suites, nine First Apartments, and 70 Business Studios. All the premium seating is situated on the upper deck, where … fleet age of eight years is only beaten by Japan’s All Nippon Airways which boasts a pair of active examples with …
Developing the Boeing 767 – From drawing board to service
By David Willis
… between 175 and 201 passengers, or up to 283 in all-economy configuration. The cross section was set at 16ft … company elected to join Airbus Industries instead. British Airways and Eastern Airlines helped define the new airliner, … Air Canada ordered 12 (plus 18 options), followed by All Nippon Airways (25, 15 options) in October 1979, then CP Air …
Supermarine's superior Southampton flying boat
By JAMES KIGHTLY
… large, multi-engine flying boat designs from Supermarine, all designed by Reginald J. Mitchell and each an iterative … was “a pleasure to fly”. In 1926 it was loaned to Imperial Airways as a 10-passenger airliner registered G-EBJY. An even … rectangular windows down the side. It was operated by Nippon Kokuyuso Kenkyujo (NKYK, Japan Air Transport) as …
Why did the Mitsubishi SpaceJet fail?
By Mark Broadbent
… officially as a development programme in March 2008, when All Nippon Airways ordered 15 examples plus ten options. Two versions of …
First Boeing 787s to be retired and stripped for spares
By Thomas Haynes
A pair of early-build Boeing 787s are to be retired from commercial service and dismantled for spare parts.