In the same breath, ANA is hoping to have it’s 787’s in commercial service 1 week after initial delivery
ANA president and CEO Shinichiro Ito says
“The move into commercial service takes a very short time. It could just be one week from the delivery,”
No destination or “flagship route” has been revealed yet for the aircraft, although delivery is due to take place during Early 2011.
ANA’s initial plans are to run them domesticity first to gain experience of the aircraft, and then deploy internationally as required.
This is all well and good on one hand, but with the other ANA are at Boeing over the delays of the 787 with talks over compensation regarding the late delivery of these frames.
The 787 has had a very delayed start, and the move to commercial production is still taking a long time, trying iron out the latest issues with it as they attempt to make units that are “ready for flight”. As the test frames continue to fly, more updates are needed as well as fixes so that the aircraft can be certificated “safe for flight”, rather “experimental”.
Early 2011 is the current estimate. I’m not sure. Middle of 2011 for certain, but some things over the 787 are looking way too ambitious…
