All Nippon Airways
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| All Nippon Airways 全日本空輸 Zen-nippon Kūyu | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA NH | ICAO ANA |
Callsign All Nippon |
| Founded | 1952 (as Nippon Helicopter) | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Narita International Airport|
| Fleet size | 253 | |
| Destinations | 71 | |
| Headquarters | Image:Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan | |
| Key people | Mineo Yamamoto (CEO), Yoji Ohashi (Chairman) | |
| Website: http://www.fly-ana.com | ||
All Nippon Airways Company, Limited (全日本空輸株式会社 Zen-nippon Kūyu Kabushiki-kaisha?, TYO: 9202 , LSE: ANA), also known as Zennikkū (全日空?) or ANA, is an airline headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Formerly Japan's largest domestic carrier, it is now the country's second-largest domestic and international carrier, after Japan Airlines (its current main competitor).
ANA's main international hub is at Narita International Airport outside Tokyo. Its alternate international hub is at Kansai International Airport in southern Osaka, Japan and its main domestic hubs at Tokyo International Airport, Osaka International Airport, Chubu International Airport (near Nagoya), and New Chitose Airport (near Sapporo).
ANA's associate companies in Tokyo include Air Nippon, ANA's regional airline, and Air Japan, which handles charter flights for ANA. In 2004 ANA set up a low-cost subsidiary, Air Next, to operate flights from Fukuoka Airport starting in 2005. Also in 2004 ANA became the majority shareholder in Nakanihon Airline Service (NAL) headquartered in Nagoya Airport and in 2005 renamed and relocated it to Air Central headquartered in Chubu Centrair International Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established on 27 December 1952 as Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane (Call sign NH=Nippon Helicopter). In February 1953 helicopter services were started and passenger charter flights were inaugurated on 15 December 1953. A new and profitable route started in 1955 when an inaugural cargo flight began service to Osaka from Tokyo. That same year the Douglas DC-3 plane began flying for Japan Helicopters and Aeroplane, and in 1957 the airline changed its name to All Nippon Airways (ANA). On 1 December 1957 Far Eastern Airlines, a small competitor, merged with ANA, bringing the airline's total market capitalization to 600 million yen.
The 1960s was a period of slow growth for the company, when they added the Vickers Viscount to the fleet in 1960, and Fokker F27s in 1961. 1961 marked ANA's debut at the Tokyo Stock Exchange as well as the Osaka Securities Exchange. 1963 saw another merger, this one with Fujita Airlines, raising the company's capital to 4 billion yen. In 1965, ANA introduced jet services with Boeing 727s: these were soon joined by YS-11s, and in 1969, ANA introduced Boeing 737 service.
On February 3 of 1971 ANA inaugurated its first international service, a charter flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong. The Lockheed L-1011 was introduced in 1973, Boeing 747s in 1978, and Boeing 767s in 1983.
On 3 March 1986 ANA started scheduled international flights with a passenger service from Tokyo to Guam.<ref>'The History of ANA's 20 years of international flight Service', ANA Sky Web (June 2006). Retrieved 2 September 2006.</ref> Soon after cities such as Frankfurt, New York, Los Angeles, London and Paris were added. ANA continued its expansion of services to Asia, North America and Europe during the 1990s. Airbus equipment such as the A320 and A321 was added to the fleet, as was the Boeing 747-481 jet. In 1994 ANA started service to Kansai International Airport and in October 1999 it joined the Star Alliance.
After the September 11 attacks of 2001 an ANA 747 flying from Dulles International Airport in Virginia, near Washington D.C. to Narita, Japan became the first plane to fly in the United States once the grounding of planes in US territory was declared over by President George W. Bush's government.
In 2004, facing a surplus of slots due to the construction of new airports and the expansion of Haneda, ANA announced a fleet renewal plan that would replace some of its large aircraft with a greater number of smaller aircraft.<ref>Japan Times, (1 October 2004). Retrieved 2 September 2006.</ref>
On July 12 2005 ANA reached a deal with NYK to sell its 27.6% share in Nippon Cargo Airlines, in order to pursue its own cargo division expansion. NYK is the major shareholder of Nippon Cargo Airlines.
- ANA moved to new premises in the South Wing of Narita International Airport's Terminal 1 on June 2 2006. It shares this space with its Star Allance partners will now be located together in the South Wing of Terminal 1.<ref>'Terminal 1 South wing open at Narita Airport', ANA Sky Web (June 2006). Retrieved 2 September 2006.</ref>
The airline employs 12,277 staff (at January 2005).
[edit] Incidents and accidents
Since 1971, ANA has had no fatal accidents.
- ANA's first crash occurred in 1958, when a Douglas DC-3, registration JA5045, crashed.
- In 1960, another DC-3, registration JA5018, was lost.
- In 1966, an ANA Boeing 727 was landing in Tokyo when it crashed into Tokyo Bay, with the loss of all passengers.
- An ANA YS-11 crashed shortly afterward in Matsuyama.
- On July 301971, a Boeing 727, registration JA8329, collided with a JASDF F-86 Sabre fighter stationed at Matsushima Air Base.
- In 1999, a man hijacked Flight 61 and killed the pilot. He was subdued by other crew members, and nobody else on the airplane was hurt.
[edit] Destinations
See full article: All Nippon Airways destinations
[edit] Fleet
The ANA fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006):
- 28 Airbus A320-200 (plus 5 on order)
- 5 Airbus A321-100
- 10 Boeing 747-400D
- 13 Boeing 747-400
- 33 Boeing 767-300
- 20 Boeing 767-300ER (plus 2 on order)
- 16 Boeing 777-200 (plus 4 on order)
- 7 Boeing 777-200ER
- 7 Boeing 777-300
- 5 Boeing 777-300ER (plus 5 on order)
[edit] Orders
- 39 Boeing 737-700
- 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
- 50 Boeing 787 <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref>
[edit] Retired Fleet
The average age of All Nippon Airways fleet is 10.3 years as of April 2006.
ANA will be the launch customer for the new Boeing widebody, the 787, ordering 50 examples with an option for 50 more during April 2004. Deliveries will begin in 2008. ANA has split the order between 30 of the short-range 787-3 and 20 of the long haul 787-8 and during October 2004 announced it had selected Rolls-Royce to supply the engines. The aircraft will allow new routes to be opened to mid-sized cities not previously served, such as Denver and Montreal. This move is part of ANA's continuing plan to become an all-Boeing airline.
On 17 February, 2005, ANA signed a contract for an additional four Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, bringing the order total for that model to ten, the first of which was delivered in October 2004. Seven 777-300s (all of which were delivered), twenty 777-200s (fourteen of which have been delivered), and seven 777-200ERs (six of which have been delivered) were also ordered, according to Air International (April 2005). The airline has contracted for three A320s and is in the process of leasing two others as a temporary measure until their 737-700 deliveries are complete. The A320s will then be removed from service, as ANA becomes an all-Boeing operator.
ANA announced on January 31, 2006, that it would be converting two of its previously ordered 737-700s to 737-700ERs, thus becoming the launch customer of this longest-range version of the 737.
[edit] Subsidiaries
- Air Nippon
- Air Nippon Network (A-net)
- Air Next
- Air Japan
- Air Central (55% shareholding)
- ANA Cargo
- Air Hokkaido (80% shareholding, ceased operation on March 31, 2006)
[edit] Trivia
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- ANA is the official airline of Universal Studios Japan.
- Special painted jets: 3 Pokémon jets (2 Boeing 747-481D and a Boeing 767-381 for domestic service), 4 Star Alliance jets, and one Woody jet in affiliation with USJ, the Universal Studios theme park in Osaka [1].
- Featured in a Taito flight simulator arcade game called Landing High Japan in 1999.
- ANA sponsored the 2003 Japanese television drama Good Luck!! starring Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki, in which the main character developed a career as a pilot with the airline.
- The crashed aircraft is shown in the movie War of the Worlds as a wrecked All Nippon Boeing 747.
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[edit] References
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| Members of the Star Alliance |
| Air Canada • Air New Zealand • ANA • Asiana Airlines • Austrian Airlines • bmi LOT Polish Airlines • Lufthansa • Scandinavian Airlines • Singapore Airlines • South African Airways Spanair • Swiss • TAP Portugal • Thai Airways • United Airlines • US Airways • Varig Regional members: Adria Airways • Blue1 • Croatia Airlines |
| Airlines of Japan | Image:Flag of Japan.svg | |
|---|---|---|
| Air Central | Air Do | Air Hokkaido | Air Japan | Air Next | Air Nippon | airtransse | All Nippon Airways | Amakusa Airlines | Galaxy Airlines | Harlequin Air | Hokkaido Air System | Ibex Airlines | J-Air | JAL Express | JALways | Japan Air Commuter | Japan Airlines | Japan Asia Airways | Japan Transocean Air | Kyokushin Air | New Central Airlines | Nippon Cargo Airlines | Orange Cargo | Oriental Air Bridge | Ryukyu Air Commuter | Skymark Airlines | Skynet Asia Airways | StarFlyer | ||
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