Tokyo (Reuters) – The Japanese company Ana Holdings announced on Tuesday that it planned to place a record order of 77 planes in order to reconstruct its fleet and take advantage of the growing demand for travel.
This order, the largest ever placed in the number of devices by the group, represents more than 2,100 billion yen (13.38 billion euros) at catalog prices before any discount, Ana said.
The agreement relates to 68 firm orders and nine options, which could bring the total purchases to 30 Boeing devices, 27 from Airbus, and 20 Embraer.
The firm part of the order includes 18 Boeing 787 grosters equipped with GE engines and 15 regional Ambraer E190-E2 planes. It also includes 27 aircraft with narrow fuselage of Airbus A321neo and eight Boeing 737 Max.
Plans are generally sold at around half of their catalog price, according to analysts in the aviation sector.
The delivery of aircraft is scheduled between 2028 and 2033.
The growth of tourism in Japan has exploded in recent years, with a record number of annual visitors. The airline said this order reflected the expected increase in the demand of passengers, including tourists in Japan.
“Taking into account the growth of the global market, we want to provide the necessary offer when it is required,” said Daisuke Suzuki, ANA strategy director.
Embraer planes will allow the airline “to flexible adjust the supply of demand as part of its medium and long-term domestic operations,” she said.
This EMB E2 command is historic and represents a breakthrough for the Brazilian manufacturer in Japan and a setback for Airbus, who had tried to set up on the archipelago with its A220. Ana’s current fleet does not include any Embraer apparatus, the third world manufacturer.
The agreement also illustrates a turning point after the efforts made by Japan to promote its national regional aircraft industry.
Ana had ordered at least 15 regional planes spacejet made in Japan and developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, but the program stopped in 2023 after delivery delays, partly linked to the difficulty of obtaining the necessary certifications.
(Report Lisa Barrington, Nobuhiro Kubo, Rocky Swift and Satoshi Sugiyama, Elena Smirnova, edited by Kate Entringer)
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