ANA’s flight NH 110 from Tokyo Haneda (HND) to New York JFK is a 12-hour, 6,738-nautical-mile sector operated daily by a Boeing 777-300ER configured with eight first class seats, 64 business class seats in the carrier’s signature The Room product, 24 premium economy, and 116 economy. I flew it on March 28, 2026, sat in seat 12K, on a paid one-way fare of USD 4,890.
This is the route review.
Why this routing matters
There are three nonstop options between greater Tokyo and the New York metropolitan area: ANA HND-JFK (NH 110, daily), JAL HND-JFK (JL 6, daily), and United NRT-EWR (UA 78, six-weekly, suspended for maintenance most of April 2026). United’s HND-EWR has not flown since the 2024 slot reshuffle.
ANA is the only nonstop using a Haneda slot pair to JFK. JAL flies the same airport pair but uses a 787-9 with the carrier’s older Sky Suite II business class, a generation behind. United’s New York options are all NRT-EWR, which means you trade the convenience of Haneda for the inconvenience of Newark.
If your business is in Manhattan, JFK is materially better than EWR. If you are connecting onward to the rest of Asia, Haneda is materially better than Narita. ANA is the only carrier that gives you both ends of that trade.
The product
The Room is the marketing name for ANA’s Safran-built business class fitted to its 777-300ER fleet. Each suite is 25 inches wide at shoulder height, has a sliding privacy door, a 24-inch screen (recently upgraded — mine had a manufacture date of November 2025), and a “couch mode” that converts the seat into a 78-inch lounge surface. It is not a flat bed in that mode; you fold out the leg rest and stretch on a roughly 195 cm mattress pad on top.
There are eight bulkhead seats on each side of the cabin marked as “couple” pairs — these face each other across a low table and are the only seat configuration on any commercial aircraft I am aware of where two passengers can dine face-to-face in business class.
The experience on March 28
Boarding. Started 45 minutes before departure at Haneda gate 144. ANA enforces zone boarding strictly: First, then HON Circle equivalents and Diamond Service members, then business class, then everyone else. Onboarding wait at the door was 90 seconds.
Departure. Pushback at 11:34 am, four minutes ahead of schedule. Wheels-up from runway 16R at 11:51 am. Standard climb to FL340.
Meal service. First service started 50 minutes after takeoff. Western menu featured a kabocha pumpkin soup, a 90-gram piece of seared Japanese amberjack with shiso ponzu, a beef short rib option as a main (which I declined), and a yuzu cheesecake. Japanese menu featured a kaiseki-style multi-component tray with sashimi, a grilled saikyo-yaki cod, a small tempura course, and a rice course with miso. I had the Japanese. It was, by some distance, the best meal I have eaten in business class in 2026.
Sleep. I asked for the bed to be made up at the 4-hour mark. It took 6 minutes. I slept 6 hours 12 minutes — measured by my Garmin — which is roughly the upper bound of what is possible on a 12-hour daytime westbound sector for me.
Second service. Pre-arrival breakfast 90 minutes before landing. I had a granola, fruit, and yogurt service plus an omelette. Both were better than I expected.
Arrival. Wheels-down at JFK runway 22L at 11:09 am EDT. To-gate at terminal 7 in 4 minutes, immigration in 18 minutes via Global Entry, bags by 12:02 pm. Total elapsed door-to-curb 53 minutes after wheels-down.
Score
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Hard product | 9.5 / 10 |
| Soft product | 9 / 10 |
| Crew | 9 / 10 |
| Food | 10 / 10 |
| Wine | 8 / 10 |
| Lounge (HND) | 9 / 10 |
| Lounge (JFK) | 8 / 10 |
| Punctuality | 9.5 / 10 |
| Total | 94 / 100 |
By a roughly seven-point margin, this is the best premium-cabin option between Tokyo and New York at the moment.