ANA to Test 787 On Business Nonstops To India

All Nippon Airlines, using a 36-seat Boeing 737-700 for the nonstop all-business service to Mumbai from Narita it launched last September, will consider upgrading the aircraft to a Boeing 787 when it takes delivery of the aircraft next year.
"This is a trial route for us. If it continues to do well, we use the Boeing 787 on it," ANA CEO Mineo Yamamoto told The DAILY on the sidelines of the Star Alliance Chief Executives Board meeting.
The flight currently operates six days a week on the 9,000-km, nine-hour route. ANA is believed to be the first carrier in Asia to offer business-class-only flights following the recent trend set by Silverjet and Eos.
Yamamoto added that since ANA was not permitted to fly daily to Delhi, ANA was not considering the sector.
Not overtly worried about the six-month delay of the Boeing 787, "unlike the one-and-a-half-year delay in Airbus," he added the carrier was calculating the effect on business and would go ahead with final negotiations with Airbus.
14/12/07 Neelam Mathews/Aviation Daily/Aviation Week, US

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