The 787’s smooth entry into service will hit an incredible milestone this weekend when ANA welcomes their 100,000th Dreamliner passenger. Since ANA launched two domestic routes with the 787 on November 1, there have been very few empty seats.
The first Dreamliner delivered to ANA at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
Load factors for ANA have reached 88 percent, 16 points higher than their other aircraft on the same routes. We’re also proud to report the Dreamliner’s reliability has been impressive, with an on-time departure rate of 96.3 percent.
Later today, ANA will launch its first 787 service from Tokyo to Beijing. And later this month, they’ll begin service from Tokyo to Frankfurt on the Dreamliner.
Here’s the 787 that ANA will use for its service from Tokyo to Beijing.
All of this momentum for the 787 comes as we get more good news on the order front. Earlier this week, we announced a new order for 10 Dreamliners. And Air France-KLM confirmed their order for 25 787s that was placed at the end of 2011. Total 787 orders now stand at 870 airplanes from 59 customers.
By the end of this year, we expect more than one million passengers will experience what this airplane has to offer. I got my first chance to fly on the 787 during the Dream Tour in China and it was everything I expected—and more. I hope you get the chance to experience it for yourself as more of our customers receive their airplanes. Congratulations to ANA on all of their success with the 787 in such a short amount of time.
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