ANA keeps faith with Boeing 787
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All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets park on the tarmac at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan 18, 2013. All Nippon Airways Co said on Friday, March 1, 2013, that it was not considering any change to its orders of troubled Dreamliner jets and that it believed Boeing Co was making significant progress in resolving problems. -- FILE PHOTO: AP
TOKYO (REUTERS) - All Nippon Airways Co said on Friday that it was not considering any change to its orders of troubled 787 Dreamliner jets and that it believed Boeing Co was making significant progress in resolving problems.
The planes have been grounded worldwide due to an undiagnosed battery problem and the impact has been felt most by ANA and Japan Airlines Co, which fly nearly half of the 50 Dreamliners delivered to date.
ANA CEO Shinichiro Ito said he met Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner on Wednesday.
"I was left with the impression that progress was being made," Mr Ito said, adding that ANA will conduct its own test flights after authorities give the green light to resume flights.
