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Taoyuan, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan China Airlines delaying some older aircraft withdrawal due to delay in receiving Boeing 787-9 nozzles that can receive compensation benefits from the plane, the carrier’s newly appointed chairman said.
The oldest Taiwanese airline, established in 1959, is in the middle of the park’s renovation, with the prices of new long -distance aircraft worth nearly $ 12 billion last year, and the prices of nearly $ 12 billion among Boeing and European competitors’ Airbus.
China Airlines also ordered 24 Boeing 787s regional and some longer-range routes, including 18,787-9 and six of the stretched 787-10 variants.
However, Chairman George Kao said the China Airlines Park renovation plan to replace the aging Airbus A330 and Boeing 737-800s -787-9 and A321Neos were affected by the delay in launching new aircraft, especially 787-9.
“We are currently heavily affected. Some aircraft, which have been planned to gradually abolish or give away from their lease, because some are leased, will remain and rent,” he told Reuters interviews at Taoyuane, a Taiwan main international airport at home.
Boeing did not give China Airlines an accurate 787-9 delay period, although it said the presentations “basically” would start in 2025. At the end of the 19th century, he added Kao, Pilot, who started as a flight attendant and became chairman in March.
“It is recorded in the contract,” he said when asked if China Airlines would seek compensation.
“For example, if it is in the supply chain, the responsibility is Boeing, and Boeing has to provide some compensation. But if not, then there is no compensation. Everything is recorded in the contract. “
Boeing did not respond to the request to comment.
Other airlines face similar issues.
Willie Walsh, the Director General of the International Association of Air Transport (IATA), whose group represents airlines worldwide, this month this month has been named aircraft delivery delay forecasts throughout this decade “unacceptable-non-non-criminal”.
However, Kao was determined to develop plans, stating that last year they ordered more fuel saving 777-9 and A350-1000s, which will allow more opportunities to include routes such as New York and London, and the new Third Terminal at Taoyuan Airport, which is expected to open later this year.
He reported additional aircraft supplements related to the subsidiary Mandarin Airlines, which fly almost exclusively on the internal routes with ATR-72 turboprophers and update the focus on regional routes from southern and central Taiwan with new planes.