ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) has taken delivery of the first of two B777Fs on order from Boeing (BOE, Washington National).

JA771F (msn 65756) was ferried from Victorville to Tokyo Haneda on Thursday, May 23. It will tentatively be pressed into service on July 2 on its new Tokyo Narita-Osaka Kansai-Shanghai Pudong-Tokyo Narita route. ANA Cargo currently already operates to Shanghai 7x weekly from Kansai and 14x weekly from Narita, but with smaller B767-300(F)s.

ANA plans to use the two B777s to haul oversized/heavy cargo such as aircraft engines and automobiles, and specialized products such as lithium batteries and pharmaceuticals.

ANA currently operates a fleet of twelve B767-300Fs (one -BCF, seven -ERBCFs, and four -ERFs) on scheduled cargo flights throughout Japan as well as to China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore.