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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2014
Airbus terminates order with Japan's Skymark for six A380 jumbos
Airbus has terminated an order for six A380s from Skymark Airlines in a blow to the manufacturer as it seeks to break Boeing's dominance in Japan and tries to rekindle demand for the superjumbo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Mar 28, 2014
ANA boosts 787 in $16.6 billion Boeing shopping spree
ANA Holdings Inc. gave Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner a vote of confidence by ordering 14 more of the jets as part of a $16.6 billion shopping spree a year after regulators grounded the composite aircraft.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2014
ANA splits 70-airplane order with Boeing, Airbus to modernize fleet
ANA Holdings Inc., the nation's largest airline, split a ¥1.7 trillion order for new aircraft between Boeing Co. and Airbus Group NV in the biggest purchase in the carrier's history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2014
Boeing woos ANA after JAL chooses Airbus
Boeing Co. said it's working "very hard" to secure an order from ANA Holdings Co. after its decadeslong dominance in Japan was challenged last year by a $9.5 billion aircraft deal for Airbus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2013
Boeing warns of ice risk for GE-powered 787s
Boeing Co. told airlines that some Dreamliners with General Electric Co. engines must bypass thunderstorms as a precautionary measure, the latest advisory on the 787 that was grounded globally earlier this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 18, 2013
ANA finds second 787 cell charger with glitch
ANA Holdings Inc., the biggest user of Boeing Co. 787s, will send its second battery charger in two months to supplier Thales SA after a message signaled a problem during a maintenance check.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2013
Airbus boss swooped in at right time for JAL
Three decades after he began his business career selling aluminum in Japan, Airbus Chief Executive Officer Fabrice Bregier tapped his experience of the country to land a $9.5 billion deal for a plane made of plastic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2013
JAL breaks with Boeing, buys Airbus A350s
Japan Airlines announces it will buy 31 Airbus A350 jets in a milestone deal that cracks U.S. plane maker Boeing's lock on the Japanese aviation market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2013
ANA nears decision on maker for 25-plane order
ANA Holdings Inc., whose fleet is dominated by Boeing Co. aircraft, will soon decide on placing an order for 25 jets, pitting the newest wide-body models of Airbus SAS and Boeing against each other.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2013
Boeing urges more checks of ELTs after fire
Boeing Co. has asked airlines to inspect emergency locator transmitter beacons on a range of planes after ANA Holdings Inc. and United Airlines found faults in the devices on 787s linked to a fire in a parked Dreamliner.
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2013
Dreamliner to the air again
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines receive the go-ahead to resume flights of their 787 Dreamliners after Boeing modifies the jetliner's battery system.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2013
Modified 787 battery packs OK'd by FAA
Boeing's 787 moves significantly closer to returning to service as the U.S. federal regulator approves modifications to the airliner's malfunctioning battery system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2013
Why the future of aviation needs the Dreamliner
As Boeing showed off its multibillion-dollar baby on the Dreamliner's promotional world tour in 2011, one quirky feature was regularly pointed out: a sleekly designed but redundant ashtray, a compliance with regulations laid down in a different age.

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