Japan's ANA airline in billion-dollar Airbus deal

AFP, TOKYO: Japan's All Nippon Airways is buying three Airbus A380s in a billion-dollar deal, business daily Nikkei said yesterday, making it the first Japanese carrier to own the superjumbo jet. The Japanese airline plans to introduce the double-decker planes on flights to Hawaii and other overseas destinations, in an effort to boost its international business. The company paid about 150 billion yen ($1.23 billion) for the three A380 planes, which have 500 seats, more than double the number of spots on ANA planes that currently fly to Hawaii, the business daily said. In 2014, ANA was ahead of its rival Japan Airlines (JAL) in terms of passenger count on international flights, but JAL served more people on the Tokyo to Hawaii route -- 35 per cent of all Hawaii-bound passengers compared to ANA's 20 per cent.

Japans ANA airline in billion-dollar Airbus deal

AFP, TOKYO: Japans All Nippon Airways is buying three Airbus A380s in a billion-dollar deal, business daily Nikkei said yesterday, making it the first Japanese carrier to own the superjumbo jet. The Japanese airline plans to introduce the double-decker planes on flights to Hawaii and other overseas destinations, in an effort to boost its international business. The company paid about 150 billion yen ($1.23 billion) for the three A380 planes, which have 500 seats, more than double the number of spots on ANA planes that currently fly to Hawaii, the business daily said. In 2014, ANA was ahead of its rival Japan Airlines (JAL) in terms of passenger count on international flights, but JAL served more people on the Tokyo to Hawaii route -- 35 per cent of all Hawaii-bound passengers compared to ANAs 20 per cent.