Posts Tagged ‘787’
787 Grounding Cost JAL, ANA USD$110 Mln
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, which together operate nearly half the world’s fleet of 787 Dreamliners, estimate the jet’s three-month grounding will shave a combined USD$110 million off operating pro...
Thomson To Start 787 Flights From July
TUI Travel’s Thomson Airways said it would start using its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on services from Britain to the United States and Mexico from July 8. The British airline said on Tuesday it was working closel...
Ethiopian Airlines Flies 787 Commercial Flight
Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday became the first carrier to resume flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, landing the first commercial flight since the global fleet was grounded three months ago. The flight from Addis Ababa to...
ANA Flies First 787 Test Flight
All Nippon Airways, the Japanese launch customer for the Boeing 787, flew its first Dreamliner in more than three months on Sunday to test modified batteries installed by the US aircraft maker. The ANA flight was the sec...
FAA Clears 787 Battery Fix, Ends Flight Ban
The US Federal Aviation Administration gave formal approval on Thursday for a new lithium-ion battery system for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ending a three-month ban and clearing airlines to fly the plane with passengers ...
Ethiopian To Be First To Resume 787 Flights
Ethiopian Airlines is set to become the first carrier to resume flying Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, with a commercial flight on Saturday to Kenya, two airline sources said. Boeing 787s have been grounded since regulato...
