Articles tagged “ana”

Aircraft seating can benefit from a new player, Toyota Boshoku, which has a fresh perspective and plenty of experience in other transport sectors. These seats are a clever innovation and likely to please more passengers over time than the R2-D2 livery—awesome as that livery is.

If ANA takes its inspiration from another Epic film franchise-airline partnership, then we might see R2-D2 and C3PO donning life jackets and pointing out exit signs for in-flight safety videos. And Ewoks..everywhere.

No doubt certain airlines and passengers will have something to say on how we could have made this rating system better, but we feel it’s a good start. Operators are standing by to take your calls with comments, but they don’t work for us and they may have no idea what you’re talking about.

Although the app is a clever marketing play, and perhaps effective relaxation tool, most flyers have apps, music and games that they already turn to in everyday life for relaxation or stress reduction.

ANA and its airline peers don't have to woo passengers too hard: Consumers don't pay close attention to aircraft before they book, even in the case high-profile groundings.

The much-lobbied-for and awaited inaugural San Jose to Tokyo's Narita took off the same day that FAA announced more investigation into Boeing Dreamliner's safety.

ANA has been bullish about the Dreamliner from the start and sees it as a way to both standardize and streamline its fleet and to make strategic inroads into new markets.