Ichiro Fukuzawa told an earnings briefing that confirming the safety of the aircraft was paramount, but at the moment the airline had no change in its orders for the 737 MAX.

Boeing, the world's largest planemaker, is facing one of the biggest crises in its 103-year history following disasters on Lion Air in Indonesia on Oct. 29 and another on Ethiopian Airlines on March 10, which together killed all 346 on board.

(Reporting by Maki Shiraki; Writing by David Dolan; editing by Darren Schuettler)