Despite the recent spate of large widebody aircraft orders by Japanese carriers, there still are opportunities for new contracts with these airlines, a senior Boeing executive says.
TOKYO—Having expanded dramatically at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport this year, All Nippon Airways (ANA) expects to switch its international-growth focus to Narita airport in 2015. New slot awards at Haneda have allowed ANA to build an international-hub operation at the airport, which is closer to downtown Tokyo than Narita, which is the closest to downtown Tokyo. There are no plans for further slot awards at Haneda, however, so further growth there will be limited.
DUBAI—Arab airlines are convinced that carriers must step up and introduce better information-sharing to avoid catastrophes such as the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. “We must introduce a degree of self-help among the airlines,” Emirates President Tim Clark said at the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) annual general assembly in Dubai. “We have to take action to ensure that the industry is protected.”