Aircraft
ANA Confirms A380 Order
First airplane due to arrive in Tokyo in 2018
Airbus has collected commitments and firm orders for 15 A380s over the past week. (Photo: Airbus)
Airbus has collected commitments and firm orders for 15 A380s over the past week. (Photo: Airbus)

Airbus received a big boost for its A380 program with a firm order for three of the superjumbos from Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the manufacturer and airline announced Friday. With the order, ANA becomes the first Japanese operator of the quadjet, orders for which had slowed to a trickle before this week’s earlier announcement that Iran Air would take 12. ANA has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to power its fleet.