ANA cancels 1,714 flights in April, May due to Dreamliner problems

National Feb. 25, 2013 - 03:57PM JST ( 15 )

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smithinjapanFeb. 25, 2013 - 04:10PM JST

Buyer beware. I've never understood why many Japanese companies want to be the first to have something, or why they race to have the most (or both), when the product has barely been tested. In any case, it explains why tickets are more jacked up than normal.
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AKBfanFeb. 25, 2013 - 04:10PM JST

Poor ANA. Bet they regret being first out of the box on this plane
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globalwatcherFeb. 25, 2013 - 04:18PM JST

Money, money, money. ANA is too anxious. I can see the management of ANA is raising a hell and pressuring Boeing. It is better to be safer than being sorry later. ANA needs to back off. One big airline accident will bankrupt the company.
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some14someFeb. 25, 2013 - 04:36PM JST

Money, money, money. ANA is too anxious.

and dreamliner shaking ANA's dreams (!)
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JeffLeeFeb. 25, 2013 - 04:40PM JST

**Poor ANA. **

I'm not too sympathetic. ANA and JAL overwhelmingly buy Boeings for the wrong reasons.
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CarcharodonFeb. 25, 2013 - 06:00PM JST

another question is -why didn't they hang on to their old planes for a little while - in case something like this happened? park them up somewhere for a few months for such an emergency. If all is plain sailing then get rid of them.

Did they " trade in" their old stock to Boeing? or sell them cheaply to Uzbek Airways? bet they wish they had them now.
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C Harald HansenFeb. 25, 2013 - 07:34PM JST

I guess Airbus will be making good business in the coming years. Provided the A350 is reliable, at least they're not using exploding batteries.
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yosunFeb. 25, 2013 - 08:44PM JST

This is still an on-going problem. I'm wondering how long time it would take for people to feel easy to take dreamliners after their batteries fixed, and how long it'll take to fix those electric system/ batteries confirmedly. Boeing is going to spend fortune for either law service or compensation without doubt!
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Renban600Feb. 25, 2013 - 09:10PM JST

This is why made in America has become a world wide joke. Technology is unparalleled in the world, but work ethic and ability to create a profitable functioning organization in the private or public sector is non-existent.
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lostrune2Feb. 25, 2013 - 10:24PM JST

At least the FAA is standing pat. Any other jurisdiction's agency would probably bend over backwards by now to kowtow to domestic big business and local politicians.

This is why made in America has become a world wide joke. Technology is unparalleled in the world, but work ethic and ability to create a profitable functioning organization in the private or public sector is non-existent.

No, America just joined the rest of the world in this kind. Nowhere else in the world has been able to create a profitable functioning organization in the private or public sector lately. Europe? Asia? Africa? The whole world is a worldwide joke.
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badsey3Feb. 26, 2013 - 12:46AM JST

The focus of the review will be on the safety of the lithium-ion batteries[298] made of lithium cobalt oxide (LiCo). The 787 battery contract was signed in 2005,[195] when LiCo batteries were the only type of lithium aerospace battery available, but since then newer and safer[299] types (such as LiFePO), which provide less reaction energy during thermal runaway, have become available.[193][300] FAA approved a 787 battery in 2007 with nine "special conditions".[301][302] A battery approved by FAA (through Mobile Power Solutions) was made by Rose Electronics using Kokam cells;[303] the batteries installed in the 787 are made by Yuasa.[191]

It is not really a quality control issue, but a battery chemistry issue that the FAA approved. The FAA may need to move faster on battery technology approval to fix this battery issue (FAA approval is slow = years). Imagine running a laptop on a 2005 style battery = that is the sort of archaic battery tech we are talking about. =The FAA is responsible for the mess also since they approved LICo batteries.
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JeffLeeFeb. 26, 2013 - 10:23AM JST

This is why made in America has become a world wide joke.

I kinda agree. America shouldn't give away so much high-end work to foreigners, especially for work like this, that American suppliers can do a better job on. It's not as if the Japanese enlist American suppliers for the Shinkansen.
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ebisenFeb. 26, 2013 - 11:26AM JST

Buy Airbus next time. It will not cost you billions of dollars in losses (probably)
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motytrahFeb. 26, 2013 - 11:43AM JST

ANA isn't really going to be losing much money. Boeing is going to be on the hook. There's a good chance that at best they'll break even on the planes after they build a couple hundred. That being said, some people think it's actually a gift for ANA. The 787's meant a big route expansion for ANA. With the way the Japanese economy was going the yields haven't been looking good. Shrinking availability may be the best move they have.
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badsey3Feb. 26, 2013 - 11:53AM JST

ANA isn't really going to be losing much money

Keeping the 787s on the ground could cost ANA alone more than $1.1 million a day, Mizuho Securities calculated, noting the Dreamliner was key to the airline's growth strategy.