About All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-400

The maximum seats in the cabin

All Nippon Airways is the one of biggest Airline in Japan based at Tokyo. They don’t have any 747-400s at the moment.

ANA was growing up in 1980s and they planned to increase for international routes especially North American routes. They already had some 747 classic in fleet. Also 747-200B could operation for long haul flight.

In 1986, Boeing announced to products for new 747 series, It is 747-400. ANA already ordered 3 of 747-200B but they changed to order for 747-400 from 747-200B. ANA introduced total 23 747-400 series until 2000.

The half of their 747-400 typed for domestic. They ordered 747-400D × 11 and 3 of 747-400 was converted to domestic type due to high demand in Japanese domestic routes. In 2002, They recorded for maximum seats about 594 seats in the cabin and there was only Economy seats in summer of 2002.

ANA did retirement all of International type of 747-400 in March 2011. After that They only had 747-400D entered to high demand domestic routes and retirement in March 2014.

All Nippon Airways 747-400 History

In 1988, They changed to order for 747-400 from 747-200B. And the first aircraft (JA8094) delivered on August 28, 1990. They entered to familiar flight on domestic flight for half of the year.

ANA 747-400 entered to first International flight on March 9, 1991. It was flight to Washington D.C. from Tokyo (Narita). After that 747-400 was becoming to flagship of ANA.

ANA also ordered for domestic type of 747-400, It called 747-400D. ANA entered 747-400D to high demand domestic routes based in Tokyo(Haneda). 747-400D is main fleet on ANA domestic routes in 1990s and 2000s.

In 2007, ANA decided to make plans for retirement schedule of 747-400 series. The first aircrft (JA8094) was retirement from the fleet in 2007. She was flying on ANA for 17 years.

In 2011, ANA did all of Normal type 747-400s retirement from their International routes. The final commercial flight was Paris to Tokyo (Narita) by NH206 on January 3rd, 2011.

ANA continued operation for only domestic routes by 747-400D. But ANA decided to all of 747-400D retirement until March 2014. ANA did many special events of 747-400 retirement especially flight to Osaka(Itami) was one of the best memorial flight on Japanese aviation histories.

Finally ANA did final flight for 747-400 series on March 31,2014. The flight was NH126 Naha to Tokyo(Haneda) then ANA 747-400s finished her long fleet history. She made many memories and grew up the airline.

Here is timetable about Qantas 747-400 history.

Past operations

ANA 747-400 series was main aircraft of their high demand International and Domestic routes.

They entered to long haul flight (EU and North America) by 747-400 in 1990s and start of 2000s. But ANA entered to their new fleet 777-300ER on long haul flights. The ANA 747-400 was decreased the some of long faul flights.

Here is main routes of ANA 747-400 in 2000s

• Tokyo(Narita) – Frankfurt
• Tokyo(Narita) – Paris
• Tokyo(Narita) – London
• Tokyo(Narita) – Frankfurt
• Tokyo(Narita) – Hong Kong
• Tokyo(Narita) – New York(JFK)
• Tokyo(Narita) – Los Angeles
• Tokyo(Narita) – Washington D.C.
• Tokyo(Narita) – Chicago

ANA also has 747-400D and entered to domestic routes.

They entered to mainly of high demand routes, sometimes they entered to middle class airport depending on the season.

In 2000s, Tokyo(Haneda)-Naha route had many flights on the day and all of flights were operated by 747-400 especially summer season.

Here is main routes of ANA 747-400D in 2000s

• Tokyo(Haneda) – Osaka(Itami)
• Tokyo(Haneda) – New Chitose
• Tokyo(Haneda) – Naha
• Tokyo(Haneda) – Fukuoka
• Tokyo(Haneda) – Hiroshima
• Tokyo(Haneda) – Hakodate
• Tokyo(Haneda) – Kagoshima
• Tokyo(Haneda) – Komatsu

How is the ANA 747-400 aircraft now?

Almost 747-400Ds scrapped at Tupelo Airport after ferried from Tokyo(Haneda). ANA has 14 747-400D and all of aircraft are already scrapped until 2015.

But almost 747-400s still operations around the world. Some of 747-400s converted to the freighter at Tel Aviv (BDSF style). They are operating at Air Atlanta Icelandic, Atlas Air and Suparna Airlines.

Some of 747-400s are still flying for passenger type at Saudia. Saudia is using for Haji charter flights based at Jeddah. And two of 747-400 operated by Atlas Air with gold livery.

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