Company Watch - All Nippon Airways.For more global news, data, analysis and features, please go to: http://www.AirGuideOnline.com/professional.htm Sep 25, 2006 All Nippon Nippon (nĭp`ŏn, nĭpŏn`), name for Japan, derived from Dai Nippon, meaning Great Japan. The expression comes from the Chinese ideograph for the place where the sun comes from, or Land of the Rising Sun. Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. and Japan Airlines Group announced changes to near-term near-term adj. Of, for, or involving a short period of time in the near future. corporate plans to place a higher emphasis on their China networks, with JAL JAL Jalisco (Mexican state) JAL Jalapa (Guatemala territorial division) JAL Jump And Link JAL Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. stating that changes including "route suspensions, flight frequency adjustments and a review of aircraft scheduling" will result in a [yen]13.5 billion ($112.5 million) income improvement in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. Sep 20, 2006 All Nippon Airways, in its plan for 2006-07, will nearly double its flights from Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. to Xiamen and Qingdao to a daily service using 767-300ERs and commence daily flights to Tianjing from Nagoya Centrair. It also is increasing its Osaka-Dalian service to twice-weekly and Osaka-Xiamen from three to four weekly. The new services will start with the winter schedule Nov. 1. Also, ANA intends to launch daily service to Chicago from Tokyo Oct. 29 with 777-300ERs feeding into Star partner United Airlines' network and double its 767-300ER flights to Singapore to twice-daily. Sep 20, 2006 All Nippon Airways, which launched the 787 program with an order for 50, has chosen the industry's first commercial electric braking system, Goodrich announced yesterday. "We anticipated demand for an alternative to traditional, hydraulically hy·drau·lic adj. 1. Of, involving, moved by, or operated by a fluid, especially water, under pressure. 2. Able to set and harden under water, as Portland cement. 3. Of or relating to hydraulics. actuated ac·tu·ate tr.v. ac·tu·at·ed, ac·tu·at·ing, ac·tu·ates 1. To put into motion or action; activate: electrical relays that actuate the elevator's movements. 2. braking and began the pursuit of electronically actuated braking more than a decade ago," Goodrich Airframe Systems Segment President Jack Carmola said. "The selection of our system by an airline such as ANA is an endorsement of the innovative technology we've introduced to the industry." ANA also chose Goodrich to supply wheels for the aircraft. Sep 21, 2006 Goodrich will provide wheels, brakes for All Nippon 787s. All Nippon Airways has picked Goodrich to supply wheels and electric brakes for its new 787s. The contract is worth about $64 million over 15 years. All Nippon, the launch customer for the 787, is the first Asian carrier to select a company to provide wheels and brakes for the plane. Sep 20, 2006 |
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