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 L-1011 TriStar purchase became central to the Lockheed Bribery Scandal. The episode says the airline ultimately bought 21 TriStar aircraft, giving Lockheed an important overseas order after the aircraft lagged behind the 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 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

• Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, Lockheed Corporation, and 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.