All Nippon Airways, which operators a third of the 50 Dreamliners currently grounded, is now talking compensation from manufacturer Boeing.
The Japanese airline said at a news conference this week that its priority was to find out what is wrong with the aircraft that has been grounded worldwide since battery fires grounded JAL aircraft earlier in the month, but that it would seek reimbursement from Boeing once the complete picture is seen.
Boeing did not expect a “significant financial impact” from the issue in 2013 but CNN reports that they acknowledged that this might change once investigators find the cause of the increasingly puzzling problems.
ANA claims the Dreamliner grounding has already cost it $15 million in lost revenue.
by Gretchen Kelly, TravelMole US
