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All Nippon Airways
(全日空
Zennikkū or 全日本空輸
Zen-nippon kūyu) 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. lt is often known by the
abbreviation ANA, which is popularly used as an acronym in
Japanese.
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. Its main domestic hubs are at
Tokyo International Airport,
Osaka International Airport,
Chubu Centrair International Airport (near
Nagoya), and
New Chitose Airport (near
Sapporo).
ANA's associate companies in Tokyo include
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and
Air Nippon, ANA's former regional airline which now 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.
Code Data
- IATA Code: NH (from its former name Nippon Helicopter)
- ICAO Code: ANA
- Callsign: All Nippon
History
ANA, which now ranks among the world's largest airlines, had humble beginnings as a domestic operator. In February of 1953,
helicopter service was started and soon after passenger charter flights followed. A new and profitable ANA 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
ANA. In 1958,
Far Eastern Aviation, a small competitor, merged with ANA, bringing the airline's total
market capitalization to 600 million
yen.
ANA Boeing 747-481 (JA8962), in [[Pokémon special colours]]
The
1960s was a period of slow but unstoppable growth for the company, when they added the
Vickers Viscount to the fleet in 1960, and later
Fokker F27s, in 1961. 1961 marked ANA's debut at the
Tokyo Stock Exchange as well as the Osaka Security 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.
The
1970s saw the beginning of ANA's internationalization.
February 3 of 1971 in particular was a historic date for the airline, when 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.
In 1986, ANA started regular passenger service from Tokyo to
Guam. Soon after, many cities such as Frankfurt,
New York,
Los Angeles,
London and
Paris were added. ANA continued its expansion of services all over
Asia,
North America and
Europe during the 1990's, and
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 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 all 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.
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Incidents and 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 March of 1971, a Boeing 727, registration JA8329, suffered an accident.
- In 1999, a man hijacked All Nippon Airways Flight 61 and killed the pilot. He was subdued by other crew members, and nobody else on the airplane was hurt.
Services
See full article: All Nippon Airways destinations
Fleet
Boeing 787-881 in ANA livery
Note: Including fleets of ANA's subsidiaries except
Nippon Cargo Airlines like
Air Nippon,
Air Central and
Air Next.
Special painted jets: 5
Pokémon jets (a Boeing 747-481 for international service, and 3 Boeing 747-481D and a Boeing 767-381 for domestic service), some
Star Alliance jets, and one
Woody jet in affiliation with USJ, the
Universal Studios theme park in Osaka
http://members8.tsukaeru.net/tec-300x/air/aircrafts/b763/ja8357_02.jpg.
ANA became 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 787-381 and 20 of the long haul 787-881 and during October 2004 announced it had selected Rolls-Royce to supply the engines. This move is part of ANA's continuing plan to become an all-Boeing airline.
Subsidiaries
Other Facts of Interest
- ANA is the official airline of the Universal Studio Japan.
External Links
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