TOKYO – ANA is ordering 70 aircraft with a list price of 1.7 trillion yen ($17 billion) from Boeing Co. and Airbus, in the largest order in the Japanese carrier's history. Thursday's orders ...

BB-8's likeness will grace one of ANA's Boeing 777-300ER widebody planes. The other new design – on a Boeing 767-300 – will feature both BB-8 and R2-D2.

The decision will lead to the eventual replacement of ANA's narrow body fleet of 52 aircraft -- 25 Airbus A320s, two Boeing 737-400s and 25 737-500s operated by ANA and Air Nippon -- with an ...