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JAPAN
Jun 3, 2013
JAL 787 is grounded by glitch in battery bay
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner scheduled to fly Sunday from Tokyo to Beijing experiences a problem with an air pressure sensor for its battery container, prompting JAL to use another aircraft for the flight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2013
ANA, JAL return 787 Dreamliners to regularly scheduled services
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines resume regular 787 services, after Boeing's troubled aircraft was grounded worldwide for over four months due to battery problems.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2013
Japanese pilots tell Boeing to disclose more on Dreamliner cures
The Air Line Pilots' Association of Japan urges Boeing to disclose more information on how the U.S. aviation giant 'fixed' the Dreamliner's battery problems.
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2013
Dreamliner to the air again
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines receive the go-ahead to resume flights of their 787 Dreamliners after Boeing modifies the jetliner's battery system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2013
Japan's 787s win green light for takeoff
The transport ministry gives permission for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to resume service, although Japanese airlines aren't likely to use them until June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2013
ANA, JAL start replacing Dreamliner batteries
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines begin putting new batteries into their grounded Dreamliners to get the high-tech fleets flying again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2013
Modified 787 battery packs OK'd by FAA
Boeing's 787 moves significantly closer to returning to service as the U.S. federal regulator approves modifications to the airliner's malfunctioning battery system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2013
Dreamliner may soon regain U.S. clearance to fly
U.S. aviation authorities are expected to grant Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner permission to fly again now that it has improved the safety of its batteries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2013
Safety panel begins test on ANA 787
Transport authorities probing the battery accident on an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 earlier this year began testing the grounded jetliner Monday at Takamatsu Airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2013
Boeing 787 flight tests new battery system
Boeing Co. has conducted the final test flight of its 787 Dreamliner to demonstrate the safety of troubled aircraft's new battery system, as part of a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification exam.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2013
ANA to seek 787 compensation from Boeing: Shinobe
All Nippon Airways Co. wants compensation from Boeing Co. for the grounding of its entire fleet of 787 Dreamliners and plans to make the request once the advanced jet is flying again, ANA's incoming president said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 5, 2013
GS Yuasa working closely with Boeing to get 787s flying again: chief
The president of Kyoto-based GS Yuasa Corp., the maker of lithium-ion batteries for Boeing Co.'s troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Monday that it is working with the plane maker to get the high-tech jetliners back in the sky as soon as possible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 1, 2013
FAA: Boeing fix won't end 787 grounding fast
Boeing Co.'s proposal to get the 787 Dreamliner back in the skies, while comprehensive, will require extensive testing even if approved before regulators end the plane's grounding, the top U.S. aviation official said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 23, 2013
JAL 787 fuel leak found during maintenance laid to valve coating flaw
A fuel leak in a Japan Airlines 787 during maintenance work at Narita International Airport was due to a malfunction in the valve of a fuel pipe caused by flaws in coating, the transport ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2013
787 to weigh on airlines as safety concerns drag on
Despite experts' best efforts to get to the bottom of the mishaps involving Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, pinpointing the causes may take a while, leaving the timetable for their return to the skies uncertain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2013
Why the future of aviation needs the Dreamliner
As Boeing showed off its multibillion-dollar baby on the Dreamliner's promotional world tour in 2011, one quirky feature was regularly pointed out: a sleekly designed but redundant ashtray, a compliance with regulations laid down in a different age.

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