All Nippon Airways Group announces further fleet-cuts

After announcing a record loss for the financial year ending on 31 March, ANA Group has also announced it will accelerate the retirement of 32 additional aircraft to cust costs in this fiscal year.

The airline will phase-out ten A320s (three at ANA, seven at Peach), five B737-700s (two already left), three B767-300ERs, four B777-200s, five B777-300s and five B777-300ERs. At the same time, the Group expects to take delivery of twenty new aircraft this financial year, mostly A320neo-family and B787-9s.

Last year, the ANA Group also conducted fleet cuts, phasing out two B737-500s, three B737-700s, six B767-300ERs, eight B777-200s, two B777-300s and thirteen B777-300ERs.

Photo by Anton Homma.