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Air India plans to resume flying Dreamliners by month-end with new battery packs

NEW DELHI - State-run Air India says it has started test flights of its Dreamliner fleet with new battery packs and is likely to put them back into service by the end of this month. The airline stopped flying its six Boeing 787 aircraft in January after Dreamliners were grounded worldwide due to battery fire risk. Air India said in a statement that the pilots on the first test flight Thursday were satisfied with the plane's performance.

Air India set to resume Dreamliner flights

India's national carrier is set to resume flights of the Dreamliner aircraft next week, an airline source said Wednesday, after the regulator gave the green light following safety modifications. Air India owns six Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which Indian regulators had grounded from January 17 in line with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory to cease flying the aircraft.

Air India set to resume Dreamliner flights

India's national carrier is set to resume flights of the Dreamliner aircraft next week, an airline source said Wednesday, after the regulator gave the green light following safety modifications. Air India owns six Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which Indian regulators had grounded from January 17 in line with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory to cease flying the aircraft.

Boeing agrees to compensate Air India for Dreamliner grounding: minister

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Boeing Co has agreed to compensate state-run Air India Ltd for the grounding of 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, the Indian aviation minister said on Friday, adding the details have yet to be finalized. The carrier expects to restart Dreamliner operations for domestic flights by mid-May, Ajit Singh said.

Qatar Airways look to buy Airbus, confirm Boeing 787s

Qatar Airways is looking to order another 10 to 15 Airbus A330s before the Paris air show in June and might also confirm options on Boeing's 787, the Gulf carrier's chief said Monday. "We are talking to Airbus for extra A330s," Akbar al-Baker told reporters in Dubai, saying he hoped to reach agreement before the air show which opens June 17. But he said the European manufacturer will have to "sharpen their pencils," adding that those planes would fill the gap caused by the delay in Boeing's 787 Dreamliners.

Japan to allow Boeing 787s to fly again: Tokyo official

Japanese aviation authorities said Friday they would allow airlines to resume flights of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following US approval. "As the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) is to approve the resumption as of Friday morning US time, we will take the same step," an official at the transport ministry said. The US authority said Thursday it would formally approve Boeing's 787 battery fix that will clear the way for the troubled aircraft to fly again.

Japan to allow Boeing 787s to fly again: Tokyo official

Japanese aviation authorities said Friday they would allow airlines to resume flights of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following US approval. "As the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) is to approve the resumption as of Friday morning US time, we will take the same step," an official at the transport ministry said. si-mis/ami

Boeing says most 787 Dreamliner battery costs absorbed in first-quarter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> said on Wednesday that most of the costs associated with fixing the 787 Dreamliner battery system were reflected in first-quarter results released earlier in the day. "We managed to absorb this," Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith said in a conference call. The costs were included partly in research and development costs for the quarter, which fell compared with a year earlier. The cost will be spread over a about 1,100 planes, and that number will increase slightly, Smith said, without providing a figure.

Boeing profit beats estimates despite 787 problems

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co's <BA.N> first-quarter earnings jumped nearly 20 percent, handily beating analysts' estimates and showing little impact from the 787 Dreamliner problems, sending the company's shares up more than 3 percent in midday trading. Boeing, in its quarterly report on Wednesday, stood by its sales, earnings and cash forecasts for the full year, reassuring investors that it expects to deliver all of the jets it had planned, including Dreamliners.

Boeing says will meet Dreamliner 2013 delivery target

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Boeing <BA.N> will meet its target of delivering more than 60 of its 787 Dreamliner planes in 2013, a senior company executive said in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday, after the planes were grounded in January over a technical glitch.
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