A price for the deal was not given.
“Boeing’s 787s have served ANA with distinction,
and we are proud to expand our fleet by adding
more of these technologically advanced aircraft,”
ANA Executive Vice President Yutaka Ito said.
Seventy-one of the aircraft is already in service
with the airline, said ANA, or All Nippon Airways.
The ordered planes will use engines made by GE
Aviation, it said.
They will replace the Boeing 777 series now in
operation, a move that will reduce noise and
emissions, it said.
The announcement comes at a time when ANA
has been slashing flights to China and back
because of travel restrictions and consumer
worries over the new virus that started
spreading from China late last year, causing
COVID-19 illnesses.
ANA has long been one of the world’s main
customers for Boeing products. It was the
first carrier in Japan to fly Boeing 787-10 on
domestic routes.