ANA Selects Mitsubishi Regional Jet; Firm Order for 15 Aircraft with 10 Options.

Tokyo, Japan, Mar 27, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - The ANA Board of Directors today selected the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) as its new regional aircraft, placing a firm order for 15 and 10 options, with delivery planned from 2013. The aircraft will be powered by the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan

Deliberations on the regional jet fleet began on January 16 this year, with the establishment of a New Aircraft Selection Committee, which reported its findings to the ANA board. The MRJ was chosen on the basis of safety, overall economy, operational and environmental performance, and passenger comfort.

"We selected the MRJ, with its new technologies and advanced passenger cabin, as part of our drive to equip our fleet with the safest, most fuel efficient, environmentally friendly and passenger friendly aircraft available today," said ANA President and CEO, Mineo Yamamoto. "The MRJ will play an important role in our strategy going forward after the expansion of airport capacity in metropolitan Tokyo in 2010, allowing us to better meet the demands of our customers, the Japanese domestic market, the environment and the needs of our network," he continued.

Those needs are as follows:

1 An aircraft in the 90-100 seat range that fits between ANA's turboprop fleet and narrow-body jet fleet

2 An aircraft with even greater reliability, economics and comfort than ANA's present turboprop and narrow-body jet fleets

3 An aircraft with the flexibility meet the mid-long term demand in the Japanese domestic market

As part of its ongoing fleet plan, ANA is rationalising its jet aircraft into three types: large wide-body, medium wide-body and narrow-body, and at present operates 72 narrow-body jet aircraft and 22 turboprops. In the medium to long term, ANA also anticipates the need for a small jet in the 90-100 seat range, which will be filled by the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

Employing the latest technologies in its airframe and engine, the MRJ will be the first regional jet to use composite material for it wings and vertical stabiliser. Coupled with Pratt & Whitney's newly developed Geared Turbo Fan, it is expected to bring about a 40% saving in fuel, and increase revenue by an annual 5 billion yen, when compared with 737-500 aircraft currently operated by ANA. In addition it will produce fewer emissions and less noise than other regional aircraft of the same type, including turboprops, making it easier on the environment and on the passenger.

For more on ANA's fleet strategy and MRJ aircraft specifications, please visit http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/aboutana/corporate/index.html

About All Nippon Awys Ltd.

All Nippon Airways (TSE: 9202), or ANA, is the seventh largest airline in the world by passenger load (IATA ranking) and Japan's largest domestic carrier. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of US$8.1bn (JPY932bn) as of 29 Sep 2006. Carrying almost 50 million passengers every year to 50 destinations in Japan and 23 cities throughout Asia, Europe and the United States, ANA is recognized for outstanding passenger service both on the ground and in the air. In the greatest Japanese tradition of mixing hospitality with high technology, personalised a la carte service complements state-of-the-art entertainment systems and the latest in cabin design. ANA has been in the airline business for over 50 years, and combined with ANA Group companies, its activities extend across a host of complete travel and aviation-related services. For more information, please visit www.ana.co.jp.

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