Boeing and ANA Debut 787 Dreamliner

FAA Officials with a 787 at Haneda

July 8 - As the first airline to take delivery of the Boeing Company's groundbreaking 787 Dreamliner passenger plane, All Nippon Airways (ANA) held a media event with Boeing on July 4 at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport to commemorate the 787's arrival into Tokyo for a week of validation activities.

Boeing and ANA invited over 200 officials from the government and industry for this commemorative event. Acting Sr. FAA Representative for Tokyo Mary Walsh and FAA Office staff represented the U.S. Embassy at the function.

Actual delivery of the first 787 aircraft to ANA will be sometime during August or September this year.