A
few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:
政府専用機、ＡＮＡがＪＡＬから初の「奪取」
2014年08月13日 00時08分
政府は１２日、政府専用機検討委員会（委員長・杉田和博官房副長官）を開き、２０１９年度に導入する政府専用機の後継機種を米ボーイング社の大型機「７７７―３００ＥＲ」とし、機体の調達や整備を全日本空輸に委託することを決定した。
現行機の整備を担ってきた日本航空と全日空との受注争いとなっていたが、「提示価格や搭乗員の訓練機材の性能などを細かく採点した結果」（内閣官房幹部）、全日空に軍配が上がった。
７７７は現行機のボーイング「７４７―４００」とほぼ同じ大きさだが、航続距離が１０００キロ・メートル長い約１万４０００キロまで伸びる。燃費は３割改善する。現行機と同様、予備機も含めた２機を購入し、航空自衛隊が運航する。
初代となる現行機は１９９１年に導入され、整備は一貫して日航が請け負ってきた。後継機選定に当たり、政府が機体納入や整備業務を一括で提案募集したところ、全日空と日航の２社が、同じ７７７を挙げて応募していた。
(試譯文)
On the 12th
(August) the government held its vetting committee on “plane for governmental use”
(chairperson: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita), it decided to
entrust the supply and maintenance of the planes to All Nippon Airways while the
succeeding aeroplane model for government use to be introduced in fiscal year 2019
would be the large-sized machine "777-300ER" of the U.S. Boeing.
There was a
competition to get the contract between All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines
as the latter was presently providing the plane maintenance. All Nippon Airways
"as a result of getting minute points in the price offered and in the
performance of crew training equipment etc." was declared the winner (by the Cabinet Secretariat management).
Although
777 was almost the same size as the Boeing "747- 400" presently in
use, its cruising range was increased by 1000 km and was thus extended to about
14,000 km. Fuel consumption improved by 30 percent. Also
included was the purchase of two spare planes same as the present; and the Air
Self Defense Force would operate them.
The present
planes which served as the founder were introduced in 1991. Their maintenance
was all along contracted to the Japan Airlines. In selecting the succeeding
planes the government suggested to lump the plane delivery and maintenance duty
into one package, the two companies of All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines
both at the same time responded by suggesting the 777.
It seems
that ANA is keen to compete with JAL for business.
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