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Though they are part-owned by JAL and ANA, competition may dent the high prices the full-service carriers have typically charged on domestic and short-haul international routes.
ECONOMIST: Japanese Airlines
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Some analysts said that Boeing's request to start test flights may be a way for them to establish that the battery issues that impacted the JAL and ANA flights may have been unique to those two planes.
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Japan is the biggest buyer of the aircraft, with ANA and JAL operating 24 of the 50 Dreamliners currently in operation.
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Japan's two main airlines ANA and JAL also have long-haul plans for their fleet of Dreamliners, which were destined to operate on European and American routes.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the Japanese airliners ANA and JAL - the two biggest customers for the Dreamliner - both confirmed that they had changed a number of batteries on the planes over the past months.
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Such ties have usually hobbled low-cost airlines elsewhere: incumbents hate to cannibalise their own business. (Australia, where Qantas owns Jetstar, is an exception.) Analysts say the upstarts will thrive only if ANA and JAL step out of their way, letting them shake up the domestic tourist market.
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The battery on one JAL plane caught fire, while an ANA flight had to make an emergency landing due to a battery fault.
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The incidents on the Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) planes prompted authorities in both the US and Japan to launch inquiries to try to find out what caused the battery problems.
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The write-offs alone exceed the amount JAL has earmarked to buy 45 new Boeing 787 Dreamliners, he says, whereas ANA has to fork out the money to buy 55 of them.
ECONOMIST: Japanese Airlines