All Nippon Airways becomes final airline to add Airbus A380 jumbo jet to its fleet
SINGAPORE: Airbus has taken yet another step towards the winding down of its A380 programme with the delivery of the jumbo jet to Japan’s All Nippon Airways on Wednesday .
Airbus announced in February that the A380 programme would be cancelled after Emirates - the largest A380 customer - decided to reduce its orders for the iconic superjumbo and order a total of 70 of the smaller A350 and A330neo jets instead. “We will commit all three of our Airbus A380 to the Tokyo-Honolulu route with the goal of introducing a new level of luxury service to our passengers flying ANA on the number one resort route for Japanese travelers,” said Shinya Katanozka, president and CEO of ANA.
“ANA has put in a lot of effort into marketing the Airbus A380 to the Japanese market. However, the challenge for them is to make sure that they can fill the seats up,” added Mr Waldron who also said that the aircraft represents an addition of “a lot of capacity” on a popular route, which could see an impact on ticket prices.ANA added that it has configured its A380s with 520 seats across four classes.
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