International expansion sees ANA add two new 787 routes

ANA, Japan’s largest airline group, is to introduce the Boeing 787 onto two new international routes, bringing the number of overseas destinations it serves with the Dreamliner to eight.

From this autumn, ANA will begin flying the 787 from Tokyo Narita to Munich and Singapore and will also re-introduce the aircraft on its Narita-Seattle route. The 787, which offers significantly better fuel efficiency than rival aircraft and new standards of passenger comfort, already serves ANA routes from Tokyo to Frankfurt, San Jose, Beijing, Taipei and Shanghai.

The increase in 787 flights is part of an international expansion plan that will also see ANA double the number of flights between Narita and Chicago to 14 a week to meet the growth in demand for connections between Asia and North America. In addition, ANA is introducing a larger sized aircraft onto services between Narita and Shanghai.

These changes will take place from following dates:

Chicago and Munich from September 1, 2013

Seattle from September 20, 2013

Shanghai from September 30, 2013

Singapore from October 1, 2013.