Dec 15, 2018, 2:08 am
Last edit by: 24left
From ANA's website "The All New A380: Transforming ANA Travel to Hawaii"
https://www.ana.co.jp/en/us/promotions/airbus380/?cid=anaustop201812358
Great video of the A380 paintwork, from Airbus: https://youtu.be/wndab27nF8E
The first roll out, also from Airbus: https://youtu.be/ayQC68K9UhA
ANA Unveils the Features of its Honolulu Lounge (for the A 380)
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/all-nippon-airways-ana-mileage-club/1912260-ana-unveils-features-its-honolulu-lounge-380-a.html
https://www.ana.co.jp/en/us/promotions/airbus380/?cid=anaustop201812358
Great video of the A380 paintwork, from Airbus: https://youtu.be/wndab27nF8E
The first roll out, also from Airbus: https://youtu.be/ayQC68K9UhA
ANA Unveils the Features of its Honolulu Lounge (for the A 380)
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/all-nippon-airways-ana-mileage-club/1912260-ana-unveils-features-its-honolulu-lounge-380-a.html
[Consolidated] ANA A380 discussion (was Rumor: ANA buying A380s?)
Jul 11, 2018, 11:19 am
#198
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Pretty limited in general, but almost impossible to get anything but close-in inventory for MileagePlus as all the seats get taken prior to T-330.
Jul 11, 2018, 11:41 am
#199
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You can book those flights with ANA at T-355 so by the time people with other than ANA miles want to book, all the availability is gone. Even with ANA miles, the availability is gone within a day or two. Crazy.
Last edited by lincoln boy; Jul 11, 2018 at 11:42 am Reason: typo
Jul 11, 2018, 11:48 am
#200
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This is gonna look even worse once they open up booking for F on the A380 for this route.
Jul 11, 2018, 12:04 pm
#201
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Yeah, even via ANA the HNL-NRT route is very scarce. As you say, T-355, or there will sometimes be 1 or 2 days with availability from T-300. Also, T-14 things start to open up, which bodes well if you're waitlisting (and there's waitlist availability for almost every day).
This is gonna look even worse once they open up booking for F on the A380 for this route.
This is gonna look even worse once they open up booking for F on the A380 for this route.
Aug 30, 2018, 10:10 am
#202
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New ANA A380
Airbus put out a news report that the first ANA A380 has rolled off the assembly line. I don't pretend to know anything about airline financials, but with Singapore returning their first 5, why might ANA have preferred a new fuselage instead of buying from SQ?
Link: https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/08/first-ana-a380-rolls-out-of-final-assembly-line-in-toulouse.html
Link: https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/08/first-ana-a380-rolls-out-of-final-assembly-line-in-toulouse.html
Aug 30, 2018, 10:20 am
#203
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Airbus was a creditor to the bankrupt Japanese airline Skymark who had ordered 3 A380s. ANA wanted to takeover Skymark out of bankruptcy and in order to get Airbus' support in the creditor vote they agreed to take the 3 A380s. They've decided to use them as a Hawaii sub-fleet.
Aug 30, 2018, 10:40 am
#204
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QUOTE:
"ANA will be the first and only Japanese airline to fly the super jumbo, of which it will eventually fly three.
The initial plans for the aircraft’s interior include 520 seats across four cabins: economy, premium economy, business and first class."
Rest of article and some photos here:
ANA’s First A380 Rolls off Assembly Line
by Brendan Dorsey 2 hours ago
https://thepointsguy.com/news/ana-fi...assembly-line/
"ANA will be the first and only Japanese airline to fly the super jumbo, of which it will eventually fly three.
The initial plans for the aircraft’s interior include 520 seats across four cabins: economy, premium economy, business and first class."
Rest of article and some photos here:
ANA’s First A380 Rolls off Assembly Line
by Brendan Dorsey 2 hours ago
https://thepointsguy.com/news/ana-fi...assembly-line/
Sep 27, 2018, 9:19 am
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Oct 16, 2018, 3:56 am
#208
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I'm really looking forward to taking one of the first (if not the very first) A380 flights from HNL to TYO on ANA. Currently everything I try to book in 2019 (I tried many dates past April) is on the 787 instead of the A380. Where will ANA first announce that the A380 flights are bookable? Is there a ANA_Insider (a company spokesperson with a FlyerTalk account) in the same way United has UA_Insider?
Oct 16, 2018, 4:12 am
#209
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I'm really looking forward to taking one of the first (if not the very first) A380 flights from HNL to TYO on ANA. Currently everything I try to book in 2019 (I tried many dates past April) is on the 787 instead of the A380. Where will ANA first announce that the A380 flights are bookable? Is there a ANA_Insider (a company spokesperson with a FlyerTalk account) in the same way United has UA_Insider?
I assume a press release and a notice on their website will be what to look for.
Nov 20, 2018, 5:27 am
#210
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I'm really looking forward to taking one of the first (if not the very first) A380 flights from HNL to TYO on ANA. Currently everything I try to book in 2019 (I tried many dates past April) is on the 787 instead of the A380. Where will ANA first announce that the A380 flights are bookable? Is there a ANA_Insider (a company spokesperson with a FlyerTalk account) in the same way United has UA_Insider?
I'm looking out for the reverse route (TYO - HNL), be sure to pass the hula lei on arrival
So as of now, still no information on date of first flight?
My fav. schedule website shows just 789s:
http://info.flightmapper.net/route/ANA_NH_HND_HNL
ANA flights from Narita, Tokyo to Honolulu.