ANA says it was the first airline in the global aviation industry to set itself a target for reducing total CO₂ emissions. The new CO₂ reduction target will mean that ANA will cut its emissions per revenue ton kilometer by a fifth over the 15-year period to 2020.

ANA is also committed to reducing the absolute tonnage of CO₂ emissions from domestic operations to an average of 4.4 million tons over the 2012-2020 period compared with 5 million tons in 2005.

ANA says that a key element in achieving the 2020 target will be the expansion of its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which use 20% less fuel than the aircraft it replaces, thanks to its carbon fiber composite structure and more fuel-efficient engines. ANA is the launch customer for the Dreamliner and will have 55 of the aircraft in service by 2017.

The latest medium- to long-term environmental program will take ANA through to the end of this decade when a new international framework to combat global warming is targeted to be established to replace the Kyoto protocol.

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