Korean Air will ask Boeing to reimburse the airline about $12 million to cover the cost of installing equipment to provide Boeing’s Connnexion satellite Internet service, The Korea Times reported Aug. 22.

Korean Air was the first Korean airline to install the service, and outfittted about 29 aircraft with hardware at a cost of about $400,000 apiece since the deal was announced in April 2004. In January, the companies reached an agreement for Korean Air to retrofit other carriers with the hardware.

Boeing announced Aug. 17 it will close its Connexion unit following “a detailed business and market analysis” of the service that was launched in June.