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February 26, 2013, Tuesday
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JAPAN'S All Nippon Airways is grounding its fleet of Dreamliners until at least the end of May, with no end in sight to the battery problems on Boeing's 787 passenger jets.
The airline is cancelling 1,714 flights in April and May, a period that includes Japan's busy Golden Week holidays, taking the total affected to more than 3,600 since the Dreamliner was grounded in January.
Of the newly-announced cancellations, 1,250 are domestic and 464 are international flights, including those bound for Seoul, Seattle and Frankfurt.
"Unfortunately, it includes Golden Week, but we have decided to inform our customers in advance as the prospect for their resumption is still unseen," a company spokeswoman said.
ANA is Boeing's biggest Dreamliner customer so far, with 17 of the world's 50 operational 787s.
The aircraft has suffered a series of glitches culminating in a global alert from the US Federal Aviation Administration after two incidents involving battery packs.
All operational 787s were grounded in January after smoke was detected on a flight in Japan.
That came just days after a lithium-ion battery caught fire on a Japan Airlines plane parked at a US airport.
Boeing has bet heavily on the 787, hoping its lightweight carbon fibre body would appeal to airlines desperate to clamp down on spiralling fuel costs.
The airline is cancelling 1,714 flights in April and May, a period that includes Japan's busy Golden Week holidays, taking the total affected to more than 3,600 since the Dreamliner was grounded in January.
Of the newly-announced cancellations, 1,250 are domestic and 464 are international flights, including those bound for Seoul, Seattle and Frankfurt.
"Unfortunately, it includes Golden Week, but we have decided to inform our customers in advance as the prospect for their resumption is still unseen," a company spokeswoman said.
ANA is Boeing's biggest Dreamliner customer so far, with 17 of the world's 50 operational 787s.
The aircraft has suffered a series of glitches culminating in a global alert from the US Federal Aviation Administration after two incidents involving battery packs.
All operational 787s were grounded in January after smoke was detected on a flight in Japan.
That came just days after a lithium-ion battery caught fire on a Japan Airlines plane parked at a US airport.
Boeing has bet heavily on the 787, hoping its lightweight carbon fibre body would appeal to airlines desperate to clamp down on spiralling fuel costs.
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