Foreign visitor arrivals to Japan rose 47% to a record 36.9 million in 2024

ANA Holdings announced on Tuesday that it has decided to order up to 77 aircraft from the three companies

ANA Holdings plans to buy more than $14 billion of jets from Boeing, Airbus and Embraer, partly to meet rising travel demand to Japan.

The Japanese airline on Tuesday said it decided to order up to 77 aircraft from the three companies to support medium- to long-term international growth and meet demand changes in its domestic operations. The carrier had restricted fleet renewal during the pandemic.

The planes have a total catalog price of about 2.158 trillion yen, equivalent to $14.41 billion, and are expected to be delivered by around 2033.

ANA said the group’s fleet will rise to about 320 jets by around 2030.

ANA said it will order 18 Boeing 787-9s in anticipation of strong travel demand between Asia and North America. For domestic routes, it will order up to 20 Embraer E190-E2s, which the company hopes will help reduce fuel consumption. It will also order up to 39 other planes primarily to update its current fleet.

Foreign visitor arrivals to Japan rose 47% to a record 36.9 million in 2024, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.

In March last year, Japan Airlines said it planned to buy 42 jets from Airbus and Boeing to be delivered over the next decade. Catalog prices of the 42 aircraft totaled Y1.870 trillion, according to figures provided by the company.

Excerpt from WSJ
Read the full article