5 Models, 3 Manufacturers: Japan’s ANA Buys a Bit of Everything in $14 Billion Deal
Photo Credit: An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Boeing
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It’s a fascinating aircraft assortment worthy of an omakase tasting menu. ANA’s Japanese shopping spree gives us clues about the group’s longer-term direction.
ANA Holdings raised eyebrows on Tuesday with a major new aircraft order. The Tokyo-based company, best known for its All Nippon Airways brand, announced deals with not one, but three separate planemakers.
At catalog prices, the agreements are worth around $14 billion and span Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer models. The tasty trifecta means at least 77 new aircraft are heading to Tokyo.
Acknowledging Japan’s booming tourism market, ANA said the deal was “in anticipation of future growth in passenger demand, including strong inbound demand.”
The largest component is 18 firm orders for Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets. ANA was the first airline in the world to operate the 787, and today flies all three variants from the smallest -8 through to the largest -10. Tuesday’s deal is for the mid-sized -9, with deliveries expected between 2028 and 2031.
ANA is also giving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max progr
