ANA To resume 787 service on the Seattle to Tokyo flights from Fall 2013 – Image: All Nippon Airways
Today All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced that as of the 20th of September 2013, they will be returning the 787 Dreamliner to its daily service from Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT) to Seattle (SEA).
The service was started on October 1st 2012, when ANA was the first commercial operator to service Seattle with a 787. However, the route was cancelled after the grounding and battery fire dramas. On the 1st of June the service to Seattle resumed, but a Boeing 777-300ER was used instead. With the resumption of daily flights to Seattle this adds a second daily 787 service to North America with daily flights on the Tokyo to San Jose route as well.
ANA’s Boeing 787 arrives at SEA to a water cannon salute. Photo by Mal Muir / AirlineReporter.com.
The announcement of the 787 return to Seattle also came along with other route updates and changes. ANA will be increasing their flights to Chicago by adding a second daily service, using a Boeing 777, to help support the growing demand between Asia and North America.
In addition, ANA will also add extra destinations for the 787 to Singapore (Oct 1) and Munich (Sept 1).
An ANA 787 being serviced at SeaTac Airport- Photo: Mal Muir | AirlineReporter.com
As ANA increases the number of international cities it serves with the Boeing 787 to eight, this is a sign that the they are moving away from the previous Dreamliner drama. I would expect that as ANA continues to take deliveries of the 787, we will be hearing about future new destinations soon.
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