In pictures: Boeing delivers first Dreamliner 787-9 to Japan’s All Nippon Airways

All Nippon Airways president and chief executive Shinichiro Ito said the Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 would be used for domestic flights starting on August 7. Yuya Shino / Reuters

Japan’s All Nippon Airways displays the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP

Inside the All Nippon Airways 787-9 Dreamliner. ANA has 29 more 787-9s on order with commitments for 14 more. Yuya Shino / Reuters

With Boeing's delivery of the 787-9 Dreamliner, above, ANA has now 29 787s in its fleet, more than any other operator in the world. Yuya Shino / Reuters

From left: George Maffeo of Boeing Japan, ANA chairman Youji Ohashi, ANA president and chief executive Shinichiro Ito and US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy see off Japanese and American children who will be the inaugural passengers of ANA’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight. Yuya Shino / Reuters

ANA has 29 more 787-9 Dreamliners on order with commitments for 14 more. Yuya Shino / Reuters

An All Nippon Airways’ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner airplane, foreground, is parked next to a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner at Haneda airport in Tokyo.

Japanese and American children board ANA’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for its inaugural flight. Yuya Shino / Reuters

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner airplane is seen through a window of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. ANA is the first airline to fly both models of the 787 family. Yuya Shino / Reuters

Boeing delivered the first 787-9 Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways last week, making the Japanese carrier the first to fly both the 787-8 and 787-9 versions of the aircraft.