All Nippon Airways / 全日空

All Nippon Airways / 全日空 appears in Vol.268 两个劳斯莱斯 as the Japanese airline whose [[LockheedL1011TriStar|L-1011 TriStar]] purchase became central to the Lockheed Bribery Scandal. The episode says the airline ultimately bought 21 TriStar aircraft, giving [[LockheedCorporation|Lockheed]] an important overseas order after the aircraft lagged behind the [[McDonnellDouglasDC10|DC-10]] in the U.S. market.

The airline’s source role is to show why sales pressure intensified. Once the TriStar’s launch was delayed by the [[RollsRoyceRB211|RB211]] engine, overseas buyers became more important to Lockheed’s survival story, and aircraft procurement became entangled with intermediaries, politicians, and later anti-bribery law.

Connections

• [[LockheedL1011TriStar|Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]], Lockheed Corporation, and [[RollsRoyceRB211|RB211]] - aircraft-order context.
• Lockheed Bribery Scandal, Tanaka Kakuei / 田中角荣, Marubeni / 丸红, and Kodama Yoshio / 儿玉誉士夫 - corruption branch.
• Overseas Bribery Export Sales and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - concepts linked to the case.