ANA Dreamliners stay grounded
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January 27, 2013, Sunday
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ALL Nippon Airways Co, which has the biggest fleet of Boeing Co's troubled Dreamliner jets, yesterday cancelled hundreds of flights until February 18, signalling a quick fix to the plane's safety problems was unlikely.
ANA, Asia's biggest airline by revenue and an important launch customer for Boeing's newest plane, said another 379 flights scheduled for February 1-18 had been scrapped, bringing to 838 the number of cancellations since one of its Dreamliners made an emergency landing in western Japan on January 16.
The announcement underscores the widening pain the Dreamliner problem is inflicting on the industry, with safety regulators and experts warning that investigations into the cause of a series of small fires on the plane could take months or even a year.
All Dreamliners have been grounded since January 17, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations worldwide, including in the United States, India and South America.
The cancellations have affected more than 82,620 passengers for ANA, which says it flies around 3.7 million passengers each month on domestic and international routes.
ANA said in a statement it will make further announcements on what to do with flights beyond February 19.
The announcement came after US safety regulators said they were nowhere near finishing a probe into a battery fire on one of the 787 aircraft, raising the prospect of a lengthy suspension for the cutting-edge airliner.
Investigations have centered on the plane's lithium-ion battery unit. US, Japanese and Boeing representative were last week at the Kyoto headquarters of GS Yuasa Corp, which makes batteries for the 787.
Japan's two big carriers - ANA and Japan Airlines - have been most affected because they own around half of the lightweight, fuel-efficient jetliners in operation.
ANA, Asia's biggest airline by revenue and an important launch customer for Boeing's newest plane, said another 379 flights scheduled for February 1-18 had been scrapped, bringing to 838 the number of cancellations since one of its Dreamliners made an emergency landing in western Japan on January 16.
The announcement underscores the widening pain the Dreamliner problem is inflicting on the industry, with safety regulators and experts warning that investigations into the cause of a series of small fires on the plane could take months or even a year.
All Dreamliners have been grounded since January 17, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations worldwide, including in the United States, India and South America.
The cancellations have affected more than 82,620 passengers for ANA, which says it flies around 3.7 million passengers each month on domestic and international routes.
ANA said in a statement it will make further announcements on what to do with flights beyond February 19.
The announcement came after US safety regulators said they were nowhere near finishing a probe into a battery fire on one of the 787 aircraft, raising the prospect of a lengthy suspension for the cutting-edge airliner.
Investigations have centered on the plane's lithium-ion battery unit. US, Japanese and Boeing representative were last week at the Kyoto headquarters of GS Yuasa Corp, which makes batteries for the 787.
Japan's two big carriers - ANA and Japan Airlines - have been most affected because they own around half of the lightweight, fuel-efficient jetliners in operation.
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