Originally Posted by
BalbC
ANA are due 9 new aircraft during next supposedly for long haul route expansion. There are rumours for starting AMS, IST, and PDX from NRT. But that doesn't use them all. They have apparently been after an LHR slot for a second flight for a while so that's possible and ANA have been playing it safe by increasing frequency to outstations recently rather than new routes. Or maybe they will replace the 777-200ERs on HND-LAX as they don't seem keen to refurbish them?
It's more likely to be reconfigured into 405-seater for domestic ops, just like what JA707A did (and to a lessor extent, the older 763ERs). Internal sources also suggest that the oldest four domestic 772's are due to be retired soon, so they may need some capacity there.
A bit off topic, but I'm wonder what planes NH will use to retire those 306-seater regional int'l birds. It's worn and tired internally for those birds and they're desperately needing replacement/refurbishment.
Cheers
Michael