Time for some 787 news (as seemingly one of the fun things on this blog at the moment). First up is ANA who have confirmed start dates for it new range of long haul 787 routes Tokyo Narita (NRT) and San Jose (SJC) should commence 11th Jan 2013 Tokyo Narita (NRT)-Seattle (SEA) route should switch from 777-200 to 787 operated from 1st October 2012 Tokyo Haneda - … [Read more...]
ANA to boost New York – Tokyo Services
ANA is in a push at the moment to expand services - and for those who want to visit the land of the rising sun from the big apple (or vice versa), ANA is operating a second service from Tokyo Nartia to New York JFK. The new combined timetable goes into effect on the 28th October 2012: Tokyo Narita - New York JFK International NH010 DEPART NRT 11:00 ARRIVE JFK … [Read more...]
Jetstar Japan commences service
Another part of Jetstar took to the air today with Jetstar Japan commencing service. Jetstar Japan operated flight GK111 from Tokyo Narita to Sapporo successfully, and thus joins the Jetstar family in the Asia/Pacific/Australasia region. For those keeping up that's: Jetstar (Australia and New Zealand) Jetstar Asia (Singapore, also incorporating Valueair) Jetstar … [Read more...]
ANA to roll out routes with new Premium Economy seating
ANA has confirmed the first six routes to get its new Premium Economy seats. The routes and start dates for the new seats are: Tokyo Narita – New York JFK from 29/08/2012 Tokyo Narita – London Heathrow from 14/09/2012 Tokyo Narita – Frankfurt from 30/09/2012 Tokyo Narita – San Francisco from 01/10/2012 Tokyo Narita – Los … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – ANA Boeing 787
It's Sunday again, and that can only mean it's time for Airplane Art! This week, once again, its the Internationally configured ANA Boeing 787-8 being towed off to rest after a completing a Frankfurt-am-Main to Tokyo Haneda. The 787 is being towed off after a hard flight at Tokyo Haneda. More airplane art will be online of course next week! … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – ANA 777-300
It's Saturday again, so it must be time for a last blast of Safety Video Saturday before I revert back to Airplane Repaint Saturday. This week, it's a re-run of ANA demonstrating their 777-300ER Safety Video (as they didn't have one on their 777-300 last Sunday in Regional Config) There will be some more Safety Video Saturday... in a few months. We'll be heading back … [Read more...]
Peach Aviation takes to the Air
Well the Japanese Low Cost Carrier war has finally engaged, with Peach Aviation taking to the air yesterday. The first two domestic runs - Osaka's Kansai International Airport to New Chitose Airport and Osaka-Fukuoka have now commenced, operating 3 times daily services between these cities. Coming soon are the Osaka-Kagoshima service and a twice-daily Osaka-Nagasaki … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – ANA Boeing 777-300 “Pokemon Jet”
It's Sunday, and I'm now in the Fragrant Harbor, so it must be time for Airplane Art. Of course visiting Japan means "Ooh, an ANA plane. Ooh JAL. Ooh... another ANA plane. But they do love their special edition liveries out here... and to celebrate, I did catch a Pokemon jet (well two of them), as I caught But it seems I have not caught them all sadly. So here's the … [Read more...]
Back to Haneda
Good morning from the ANA lounge at Haneda Airport. I'm readying for yet another flight on this trip, and have had a whale of a time. But the time is coming to an end, and it's off from the Land of the Rising Sun to The Fragrant Harbor. And the Udon noodles they have at the ANA Lounge are excellent! It's been an interesting trip so far... although my credit card … [Read more...]
ANA International 787 – Pictures and Videos
I'm in the process of uploading my pictures from my trip in progress. Alas, the ANA 787 portion is dominating the coverage at the moment (like anyone couldn't guess that was going to happen!). And I've got myself into gear and uploaded the first trance of stuff to this trip. PICTURES: Preparing for the off- … [Read more...]