ANA exec hints at $13 billion 777 deal

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, June 2, 2005

All Nippon Airways president Mineo Yamamoto told Bloomberg News in Japan this morning that his airline wants to replace its entire fleet of 747s and older 777s with a single jet type — probably 777-300ERs.

That’s 53 planes in all, which is a big order in anybody’s book. A decision is likely by February, he said.

Key Quote: “We are also studying the A380, but the 777-300ER is the most likely.”

Here’s the original Bloomberg story:

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=absbp_wFRhVs&refer=home

And here’s a related one from CBS MarketWatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B72D77619-6D18-46A9-9849-E3C9DFF05628%7D&siteid=google