Boeing said on Tuesday that Stephanie Pope was no longer the planemaker's chief operating officer as of Feb. 19, but she is continuing to serve as the head of its commercial airplanes business.The company does not plan to fill the chief operating officer position,

Stephanie Pope will continue to serve as Boeing's executive vice president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Japan's ANA Holdings said on Tuesday it would spend about 2.1 trillion yen ($14 billion) to purchase at least 77 aircraft to replenish its fleet. ANA plans to acquire 30 aircraft from Boeing, 27 from Airbus aircraft and 20 from,

The rare simultaneous purchase signals ANA's need to expand its procurement at a time when planes are in high demand.

ANA Holdings plans to buy more than $14 billion of jets from Boeing, Airbus and Embraer, partly to meet rising travel demand to Japan. The Japanese airline on Tuesday said it decided to order up to 77 aircraft from the three companies to support medium- to long-term international growth and meet demand changes in its domestic operations.