ANA (All Nippon Airways) ! NH ! ANA !

Nous avons obtenu la garantie de recevoir une vingtaine de Boeing 787 d'ici la fin de l'année budgétaire 2011-2012", a indiqué à l'AFP un porte-parole du groupe.
ANA considère que ce nombre de 787 lui permettra quasiment de répondre à ses objectifs, sans devoir compléter temporairement sa flotte par des Boeing 767 comme elle l'avait cru l'an dernier, ce qui l'avait conduite à commander au total neuf B767 pour patienter.
"ANA a choisi le bon moment pour faire cette conversion partielle de commande (de 5 B767 en 5 B787), car elle a ainsi sans doute pu profiter d'une offre très généreuse de la part de Boeing, avionneur désireux de ne pas mécontenter la compagnie de lancement de son 787", a commenté un analyste d'un institut spécialisé, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.

The Star Alliance member says in a statement that it will offer 537.5 million shares at ¥259 each to Japanese and international investors as part of a fund-raising plan that it announced on 1 July. It will also offer another 37.5 million shares by way of an over-allotment option, it adds.

US Airways aims to bolster its presence in Asia though its latest codeshare partner, Japanese operator All Nippon Airways (ANA).
The Star alliance members will begin codesharing effective 16 September, pending regulatory approval in both countries.

Per the pact, ANA will place its code on US Airways flights between Washington Dulles International airport and Charlotte, and from Chicago O'Hare International airport to Charlotte and Philadelphia. The Japanese operator's code will also appear on US Airways' San Francisco operations to Las Vegas and Phoenix, as well as US Airways' Los Angeles links to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
In addition, US Airways will place its code on ANA flights between Tokyo's Narita International airport and Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington Dulles International and New York JFK airports.

The arrangement is the latest for Tempe, Arizona-based US Airways, which earlier this year inked a codeshare with Middle Eastern airline [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. Its existing Asian codeshare partners include Singapore Airlines, Air China and South Korea's Asiana Airlines.
ANA has also reached a slew of codeshare deals this year, including pacts with Japanese domestic carrier Oriental Air Bridge, UK operator [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Airways and China's Shenzhen Airlines. Its existing US codeshare partner is [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Airways will be codesharing on the Tokyo Narita-London Heathrow route starting in August.
ANA, which is a member of Star Alliance, says starting in August Virgin Atlantic will be placing its code on ANA's Tokyo Narita-London Heathrow service and ANA will place its code on Virgin Atlantic's service on the route.
Virgin Atlantic falls out of the Star Alliance but its 49%-owner Singapore Airlines is a member.

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Boeing Delays 787's Maiden Flight Again, Making Ana Nervous.

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U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. said Tuesday that it will postpone the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner, a move that could push back delivery of the product to All Nippon Airways Co. (TSE:9202).
ANA had expected to receive the first 787 in the January-March quarter. But now the delivery could be delayed until fiscal 2010.

La nervosité d'ANA est plus que compréhensible !

Boeing engineers have found additional stress where the wings attach to the sides of the plane, necessitating modifications.

"No comment" ! Déjà commenté ailleurs.

ANA has ordered 50 units of Boeing 787 as the successor to the 767. The first 787 had originally been slated for delivery to the Japanese airline in May 2008 -- a deadline that has already been pushed back four times by development delays.

Pour ANA, client de lancement, ... cela commence à pousser la patience un peu loin !

"We will ask Boeing to make the timetable clear as soon as possible," an ANA public relations representative said.

Evidemment !

Tempe, USA - If approved it will be operating starting September 16 (WAPA) - Starting on next September 16 American US Airways and Japanese ANA (All Nippon Airways) airlines might launch a code share agreement that, if approved by regulators in both countries, would bring passengers of both carriers to take advantage of integrated reservations, double mileage for frequent-flyer programmes (between September 16 and November 30) and more.

US Airways will have its code on ANA flights between Tokyo-Narita international airport and Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Chicago, WashingtonNew York; ANA will place its code on US Airways flights between Charlotte,
Philadelphia, Phoenix and Las Vegas. and Both airlines are Star Alliance members. (Avionews)

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Airways' (ANA) domestic pilot unions are threatening to go on strike.
The Air Nippon Crew's Association, Air Nippon Network Pilot Union, the Air Next Crew's Association and the Air Central Pilots' Union are threatening to go on a 24hr strike as of midnight today, says ANA.
These unions are threatening to strike in an effort "to express dissatisfaction with the management's stance in their year-end round of talks," it says.
If the strike goes "ahead 171 domestic flights will be cancelled or delayed" but no international flights will be affected, it adds.
An ANA spokeswoman says the unions are unhappy that ANA group is unwilling to attend the talks.
She says the ANA group stance is that the pilot unions should negotiate with the management of the respective subsidiaries.
One reason the pilots want ANA group to be involved in the talks is because the pilots want to see how they can transition from small aircraft to larger aircraft.
Japanese pilots' unions typically give notice of strike action several times per year as they negotiate bonuses, wages and other issues with management.
But the four unions here have followed through with their threat before. In April this year, these four went on strike, forcing the airline to cancel over 100 domestic flights.
That strike was over similar issues, adds the ANA spokeswoman.

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--All Nippon Airways Co. (9202.TO) is eagerly awaiting the delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, a senior company official said Friday.
"It's good news that the test flight of the 787 will take place next month, we eagerly await the delivery," ANA board member Keisuke Okada told Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines conference in Singapore.

All Nippon Airways has urged the Japanese government to create a fairer market and relax some regulations to help the country's airline industry.

Rival Japan Airlines (JAL) is seeking a bail out from the Japanese government after suffering massive losses over the last year. While ANA's net profit in the three months to 30 September fell 11.5% to ¥3.8 billion ($42.7 million), Shinichiro Ito, the carrier's president and CEO, is more optimistic about his carrier.

"We want to do what we have to on our own, and we are not expecting much help from the government," he says at the Association of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]' (AAPA) annual assembly of presidents in Singapore. This can be seen in the carrier's announcement of plans to cut costs and find new ways to increase revenues after its financial results, he adds.

However, while he declined to comment on the government's possible aid for JAL, he did urge the state to be more judicious in how it helps the industry.
"We insist that the government should have a fair market and fair rules," says Ito. "Japan's taxes - fuel taxes and landing fees for example - are very high compared to the rest of Asia. We urge the government to reduce this and keep the airline industry competitive."

Looking ahead, he says that a good opportunity for the Japanese carriers will come when Tokyo's Haneda airport opens its doors to international flights in October 2010 when a fourth runway opens.
"That is a good business chance and we must take advantage of that," he adds.

TOKYO, 3 déc 2009La deuxième compagnie aérienne japonaise All Nippon Airways (ANA) envisage de regrouper ses lignes de transport de passagers entre le Japon et les USA avec celles de ses deux homologues américaines Continental Airlines et United Airlines, d'après le groupe de presse Nikkei.

La deuxième compagnie aérienne japonaise, All Nippon Airways (ANA), a annoncé lundi une commande de 5 avions Boeing 777-200 et 5 Boeing 767-300 pour un montant évalué à 1,9 milliard de dollars (environ 1,3 milliard d'euro).

Japan's All Nippon Airways has ordered five [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-300ER and five [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft, in a deal worth ¥185.2 billion ($2 billion).
It decided to order five additional 767s after reviewing the delivery schedule for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], says the spokeswoman. ANA has ordered 55 787s; it hopes to receive the first late next year, and all 55 by 2017.
The new 767s are seen as a stop gap measure pending the arrival of the 787. In September 2008, ANA placed an order for nine 767-300ERs, but cut this back to four in June 2009 citing economic uncertainty.
The five 767s will arrive in the fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the five 777-200ERs in fiscal years 2012 and 2013. ANA's fiscal year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
ANA will pay ¥76 billion for the 767s, and ¥109.2 billion for the 777s, says the airline.
The five 777-200ERs will replace ANA's three 747-400s, which it hopes to sell in 2010. The carrier will phase them out of service by March 2011, says the spokeswoman.
Only one of the 747s operates on a regular basis on the Tokyo Narita-Paris Charles de Gaulle route. The other two are auxiliary aircraft that stay at the carrier's maintenance centre. ANA has yet to identify buyers for the three aircraft.
It operates 59 767s and 43 777s, according to Flightglobal's ACAS database

La deuxième compagnie aérienne japonaise, All Nippon Airways (ANA), a divulgué mercredi son plan de vol pour les prochains mois, misant sur l'arrivée dans sa flotte en fin d'année des premiers nouveaux appareils 787 "Dreamliner" de l'avionneur américain Boeing.

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ANA suffered a ¥9.8 billion ($108.7 million) loss in its fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, a 22.2% improvement from the ¥12.6 billion lost in the year-ago period, and maintained its full-fiscal-year forecast of a ¥28 billion deficit.
"The business downturn. . .has been continuing, and passenger demand is taking longer than expected to cover," the company said, adding that economic stimulus measures at home and abroad "have had some effect" and that exports, production and consumer spending are "picking up," especially in Asia. However, it admitted that cost-cutting measures were insufficient "to offset the slump in demand and fall in unit prices" [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
Third-quarter operating revenue slumped 11.9% year-over-year to ¥311.9 billion against an 11.6% cut in costs to ¥321.4 billion. Operating loss of ¥9.5 billion compared to a breakeven performance the prior year. The airline unit's operating loss of ¥11.2 billion narrowed 5.1% on an 11.2% slip in revenue to ¥276.2 billion.
ANA's domestic revenue was down 11.7% to ¥156.1 billion as passenger numbers fell 8.8% to 10 million. RPKs dropped 8.4% to 8.8 billion against a 5.1% cut in capacity to 14.03 billion ASKs, lowering load factor to 62.7%. ANA said the economic downturn plus the H1N1 flu hurt sales despite its promotional campaigns and fares.
International revenue plunged 24.6% to ¥55.5 billion despite a 14.6% increase in passenger numbers to 1.2 million. "While business demand was sluggish, ANA strengthened its efforts to create leisure demand," it said. Traffic was up 14.1% to 5.27 billion RPKs, capacity dropped 5.3% to 6.66 billion ASKs and load factor rose to 79.1%.
Domestic cargo revenue decreased 6.1% to ¥8.5 billion and international cargo revenue was down 9.3% to ¥16.1 billion.
For the nine-month period, the net loss of ¥35.1 billion represented a reversal from the ¥9.4 billion profit reported in the year-ago period. Operating result swung to a ¥37.8 billion loss from a ¥40.3 billion surplus on a 16.6% fall in revenue to ¥923.7 billion.