ANA Orders 4 Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft; Fleet Rationalisation Strategy Gains Momentum as 3 more 747-400s Sold.Tokyo, Japan, Mar 6, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - ANA today moved its fleet rationalisation plan one stage further as it ordered four more 777-300ER wide-body aircraft for its intercontinental fleet and sold three 747-400s to Oasis Growth Income and Investments Limited of Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , for operation by Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited (Traditional Chinese: 甘泉香港航空有限公司 Limited. ANA currently operates eight 777-300ER aircraft primarily on intercontinental routes. Today's deal has a catalogue value of US$1 billion and brings ANA's total orders for the 777-300ER to seventeen. "Back in 2003, we unveiled our plan to rationalise our fleet into three types of aircraft and at the same time our intention to fly the most modern, efficient and passenger pleasing aircraft available. This is evidenced by today's decision and our ground breaking launch order for the 787," said Tomohiro Hidema, Executive Vice President Purchasing, at ANA. ANA's fleet also comprises 23 747-400s, which ply both domestic and international routes. Together with the previously determined sale of six 747-400s to Avion Aircraft Trading of Iceland in July of last year, today's decision brings the total number of 747-400s sold to nine. The three 747-400s will be retired as follows: Reg. No. Introduced Retired JA404A 1999 2007 JA404A 2000 2007 JA403A 1999 2008 About All Nippon Awys Ltd. All Nippon Airways (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9202), or ANA, is the seventh largest airline in the world by passenger load (IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. ranking) and Japan's largest domestic carrier. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. with a market capitalisation Noun 1. market capitalisation - an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share market capitalization of US$8.1bn (JPY JPY In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Japanese Yen. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 932bn) as of 29 Sep 2006. Carrying almost 50 million passengers every year to 50 destinations in Japan and 23 cities throughout Asia, Europe and the United States, ANA is recognized for outstanding passenger service both on the ground and in the air. In the greatest Japanese tradition of mixing hospitality with high technology, personalised a la carte service complements state-of-the-art entertainment systems and the latest in cabin design. ANA has been in the airline business for over 50 years, and combined with ANA Group companies, its activities extend across a host of complete travel and aviation-related services. For more information, please visit www.ana.co.jp. Source: All Nippon Awys Ltd. Contact: ANA Rob Henderson Public Relations Tel: +81-3-5756-5683 Email: r.henderson@ana.co.jp Website: http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/index.html Copyright [c] 2007 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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