All Nippon Airways Co., scheduled to be the first recipient of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and Japan Airlines Corp. may seek compensation from the U.S. plane maker after a second delay in the aircraft's delivery.
ANA will examine the effect the delay will have on its expansion plans before making a decision, said Rob Henderson, a spokesman for the airline in Tokyo. JAL has not ruled out seeking compensation, spokesman Atsushi Abe said.
Boeing won't start delivering the 787 until early 2009 after suppliers failed to complete production work on time. The plane's setbacks echo the two-year delay by Airbus SAS in introducing the A380, the world's biggest passenger aircraft.