Which routes are guaranteed 'The Room' on the 777-300ER as of Q2 2026?

The 2026 summer schedule fleets new-cabin 777-300ERs onto all Haneda-London and Haneda-New York JFK rotations - flights NH211/NH212 to Heathrow and the JFK trunk. Chicago O'Hare and San Francisco see new-cabin assignments on select frequencies only. Los Angeles is operated by 787s and is outside the 777-300ER discussion entirely.

Are any 777-300ER routes still operating the older Staggered Business Class?

Yes. The three remaining un-retrofitted 777-300ERs continue to rotate through the network, and they still surface on select Chicago, San Francisco and intra-Asia long-haul frequencies. Booking-class buyers should check the seat map at the operating-aircraft assignment stage. ANA has not published a concrete completion date for the remaining retrofits.

What does the 777-9 delivery slip mean for the 777-300ER fleet plan?

Boeing's confirmation in early 2026 that 777-9 first delivery has slipped to 2027 - against an original 2020 target - means ANA's first 777X will not arrive until fiscal year 2026 at earliest by carrier guidance, with industry consensus pointing to 2027. Practically, the 777-300ER fleet must carry the U.S. East Coast and London trunks through at least the summer 2027 schedule.

How does 'The Room' compare to 'The Room FX' announced for the 787-9?

The Room FX is a distinct, larger-footprint product unveiled by ANA in Paris in June 2025 and slated for the 787-9 from August 2026. It is positioned as a successor evolution to The Room, not a replacement. Industry observers have characterised The Room FX as the world's largest Business Class seat by usable cabin volume, with three 787-9s expected in service by the end of 2026.

Will the older Staggered Business 777-300ERs be retired or retrofitted?

ANA has not committed publicly to either path. Industry expectation is that the remaining three 777-300ERs will either receive The Room retrofit on a delayed timeline or be retired in favour of incoming 777X aircraft once the latter enter service. Neither path is reflected in the published 2026-2027 fleet plan.

ANA ‘The Room’ Fleet and Network: Q2 2026 State of Play

TOKYO - All Nippon Airways’ “The Room” remains the high-water mark of open-suite Business Class hardware seven years after its 2019 debut, and a wave of competitor product launches through 2025 and 2026 has not displaced it from the top of premium buyer preference lists on the trans-Pacific. But the operating picture is more nuanced than the marketing suggests, and at the Q2 2026 mark there are three structural issues worth tracking: an incomplete retrofit, a 777X delivery slip and the arrival of an evolution product that complicates the cabin nomenclature.

The 777-300ER fleet: 10 of 13 retrofitted, three still flying old

ANA operates 13 Boeing 777-300ERs as of Q2 2026, of which approximately 10 now carry the new Business Class product marketed as “The Room” and the eight-suite First Class cabin marketed as “The Suite.” Six of the 10 new-cabin 777-300ERs were delivered new from Boeing with the product from 2019 onward; the other four are older-generation airframes that have cycled through the retrofit line.

The remaining three 777-300ERs continue to operate with the older Staggered Business Class - a 2-3-2 configuration that predates The Room by a decade and that is widely regarded as a generation behind contemporary premium hard products. ANA has not announced a committed completion date for the remaining retrofits, and internal communication from the airline has suggested the program has been deprioritised pending fleet decisions tied to the 777X.

Route assignment: Haneda trunks fleeted with the new cabin

The 2026 summer schedule fleets the new-cabin 777-300ER onto the highest-yield trans-Pacific and Eurasia trunks. Haneda to New York JFK, the operationally critical East Coast U.S. service, is fleeted entirely with new-cabin aircraft for the summer 2026 timetable. Haneda to London Heathrow - operated as NH211 westbound and NH212 eastbound - is similarly fleeted entirely on new-cabin 777-300ERs.

Haneda to Chicago O’Hare - operated as NH111 westbound and NH112 eastbound on most days of the week, with day-of-week variation - and Haneda to San Francisco see new-cabin aircraft on select frequencies but remain rotation-dependent. Cirium operating-aircraft assignment data through the summer schedule should be checked at the segment level for any booking where new-cabin product is a buyer-side requirement.

Los Angeles, frequently asked about in this context, is operated on the 787-9 - not the 777-300ER - and falls outside the The Room footprint entirely. ANA serves LAX on 787-9 metal with a different Business Class hard product.

The Suite: ANA’s First Class cabin

The Suite, ANA’s eight-cabin First Class product on the 777-300ER, is the constrained-distribution headline of the type. Each Suite features a fully enclosed cabin with a 32-inch personal monitor, sliding door, dedicated wardrobe, and a bed that converts from the seat. Suite inventory is sold on a limited number of routes - principally Haneda-JFK and Haneda-LHR - and award redemption on the cabin remains one of the most difficult-to-source in Star Alliance.

The 777X slip: 2027 at earliest, with implications

Boeing’s confirmation in its Q1 2026 results that 777-9 first delivery has slipped to “early 2027” - against an original program target of 2020 - has cascading implications for ANA’s fleet plan. The carrier had previously guided to first 777X delivery in fiscal year 2026 (April 2026 - March 2027). That timing now appears unrealistic, with industry analyst consensus pointing to ANA’s first 777-9 arriving in fiscal year 2027 or later.

Practically, this means ANA’s 777-300ER fleet - including the three un-retrofitted aircraft - must carry the U.S. East Coast and London trunks through at least the summer 2027 schedule. Lessor-led 777-300ER replacement is not on the table given the type’s age and the carrier’s preference for owned-fleet trans-Pacific economics.

The Room FX: the evolution play

In June 2025, at the Paris Air Show, ANA unveiled “The Room FX” - a larger-footprint successor to The Room designed for the 787-9. ANA has positioned the FX product as the world’s largest Business Class seat by usable cabin volume, and the carrier expects three 787-9s equipped with the new interior in active service by the end of 2026, with the first delivery in August 2026.

The product nomenclature creates some buyer confusion. The Room remains the marketed designation on the 777-300ER. The Room FX is the 787-9 product. They are not the same hard product and they do not share a manufacturer-platform lineage. Buyers should expect ANA to maintain both designations in inventory through at least 2028.

What to watch through Q3 2026

The three actionable items for buyers and corporate travel managers through the third quarter: (1) the three un-retrofitted 777-300ER tails continue to surface on rotation, and seat-map checks remain necessary on Chicago and San Francisco bookings; (2) the August 2026 first delivery of a Room FX 787-9 will introduce a third Business Class hard product into the ANA international long-haul fleet, alongside The Room and the legacy 787-9 Business Class; and (3) any ANA-published update on 777X delivery cadence will materially change the planning horizon for the 777-300ER subfleet, with consequences for premium-cabin inventory on the JFK and LHR trunks through 2027 and beyond.

The Cirium-tracked operating-aircraft assignment remains the single best leading indicator for which hard product a buyer is actually flying.

ANA 'The Room' Fleet and Network: Q2 2026 State of Play