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Ethiopian Airlines resume flight with 787 Dreamliner
27-4-2013 – Today Ethiopian Airlines resume flight for the first time since its fleet of four 787 Dreamliners was grounded in January, following incidents of overheating in the batteries providing auxiliary power.
Over the past week teams of Boeing engineers… Continue reading
Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery
(Reuters) – Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion batteries on five grounded 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week.
Boeing’s Dreamliners have been grounded… Continue reading
Japan’s ANA grounds Dreamliner fleet until May
AFP
Japan’s All Nippon Airways said Monday it was grounding its fleet of Dreamliners until at least the end of May, with no end in sight to woes for Boeing’s next generation plane.
The airline is cancelling 1,714 flights in… Continue reading
Dreamliner compensation lifts Qantas H1 profit
REUTERS
Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd reported a 10.4 percent rise in first-half profit on Thursday, as a turnaround of its loss-making international operations gathers pace.
The result included A$125 millionin compensation for delays in delivery of Boeing Co’s troubled Dreamliner,… Continue reading
Boeing close to fixing Dreamliner battery
REUTERS
Boeing Co has found a way to fix battery problems on its grounded 787 Dreamliner jets that involves increasing the space between the lithium ion battery cells, a source familiar with the U.S. company’s plans told Reuters.
“The gaps… Continue reading
Boeing seeks permission for Dreamliner test flights
AFP
Boeing asked US aviation authorities to let them carry out 787 Dreamliner test flights after the planes were grounded worldwide following a fire risk linked to the plane’s lithium batteries.
US and Japanese regulators grounded all Boeing 787 Dreamliners… Continue reading
Japan eased safety standards ahead of Boeing 787 rollout
Reuters
Japan’s government stepped in to give Boeing Co’s now-grounded 787 Dreamliner and its made-in-Japan technology a boost in 2008 by easing safety regulations, fast-tracking the rollout of the groundbreaking jet for Japan’s biggest airlines, according to records and participants… Continue reading
ANA to cancel 379 flights in Feb. over Dreamliner glitch
All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) Saturday said it will cancel 379 flights in February due to the grounding of Boeing-787 Dreamliners.
The cancellation of the flights, 245 on domestic routes over 12 days from Feb. 1 and 134 on international… Continue reading
NTSB examining lithiumion 787 Dreamliner battery, 787s remain grounded
WASHINGTON – US safety regulators are nowhere near finishing an investigation into a battery fire on the Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner, a top official said on Thursday, raising the prospect of a prolonged grounding for the plane.
Airlines have canceled… Continue reading
Airlines stand by Dreamliner after Japan groundings
AFP
Airlines in Asia, Europe and Africa on Wednesday said they stood by their Dreamliner orders, expressing confidence in Boeing’s latest plane after it was grounded by Japan’s two biggest carriers for safety checks.
The precautionary move in Japan came… Continue reading
US investigators studying battery from Boeing 787 fire
REUTERS
The U.S. transportation safety agency said on Monday it was analyzing the lithium-ion battery and burned wire bundles as part of its investigation of a fire aboard a Japan Airlines’ Boeing 787 at Boston’s Logan Airport last week.
The… Continue reading
JAL’s grounded Boeing Dreamliner leaks fuel in tests
(REUTERS)
Japan Airlines Co JAL.L said on Sunday that a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet undergoing checks in Tokyo following a fuel leak at Boston airport last week had leaked fuel during tests earlier in the day.
An open valve… Continue reading