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Report: Japanese airline may seek compensation for 'Dreamliner' grounding
Japanese airline All Nippon Airways reportedly may ask Boeing to provide compensation for flights canceled by the grounding of the company's 787 "Dreamliner" airplane.
All Nippon is one of two Japanese airlines that were operating 787s before the airplanes were grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and international aviation agencies.
The Associated Press reported Thursday that the airline is considering asking Boeing to reimburse revenue it has lost in the two weeks the 787 has been out of service. The airline estimates it has lost $15 million because of 787 flights that have been canceled.
"We are now focusing on assuring safety for our customers. But we will negotiate with Boeing," the AP quoted Kiyoshi Tonomoto, All Nippon's chief financial officer, as saying.
The FAA has said that it moved to order U.S. airlines to stop flying 787s after the All Nippon incident because it occurred while an airplane was in flight.
The AP reported that Tonomoto predicted All Nippon would lose 3 percent of its anticipated revenues in the current fiscal year if the 787 is not cleared to resume flying.
Neither the FAA or its counterpart agencies in other countries have specified when the 787 will be allowed to fly again.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that the battery on a 787 that caught fire at Boston's Logan International Airport exhibited signs of accelerated temperature increases known as "thermal runaway" and short-circuiting.
The NTSB is conducting its own review of the 787.
