ANA To Take Delivery Of 787's In Feb 2010

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The launch customer for the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, All Nippon Airways (ANA) confirmed that it would start taking deliveries of the revolutionary airplane from February 2010 - around 18 months later than planned. ANA plans to commence operations with the type in March 2010.

ANA also envisages that around 20 Boeing 787-8’s will be in service/operation by the end of the fiscal year of 2011, which ends March 2011. ANA plans to deploy its 787’s on domestic and regional routes to build up experience and ETOPS background before commencing longer routes.

“Initially, it will be flown on domestic flights for ETOPS rating purposes and to expedite pilot training,” says ANA.

Photo's are from my recent Seattle/Boeing visit: Link