"The FAA's publication of the Airworthiness Directive is an important step forward in returning the 787 fleet to flight status, " Birtel said in an e-mail.
The study also found that high fuel costs eroded the ability of airlines to grow their fleet and expand flight routes.
If that happens, the batteries can simply be replaced, and the fleet can be returned to flight.
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The failure last week of an unmanned freighter to the ISS has left the Russians questioning the reliability of their usually ultra-reliable Soyuz fleet, and the planned manned flight to the station on 22 September has now been postponed as a consequence.
Currently, airlines complain that they have to test each model of device individually, on every single plane in the fleet, and with a separate empty flight used for each test, before they're allowed to relax the rules for that model.
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Instead, there were two battery failures when the entire 787 fleet had clocked less than 52, 000 flight hours.
Founded in the nineteen-twenties, it grew to be not just a company with a fleet of airplanes but the very symbol of flight, of the (supposed) romance of international travel.
But it was the Dons - who play a level above Fleet in non-league's top flight - who got their noses in front when Nwokeji reacted smartly to finish after Rashid Yussuff nodded Ryan Jackson's cross back across goal.
Tokyo (CNN) -- A Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off Sunday from a Tokyo airport, the first such flight in Japan since safety issues grounded the Dreamliner fleet, officials told CNN.
Tokyo (CNN) -- A Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off Sunday from a Tokyo airport, the first such flight in Japan since safety issues grounded the Dreamliner fleet, airline officials told CNN.
SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan, who is beginning work on Virgin's space fleet, has promised to ride along with Branson on the first flight.
They envisioned employing a fleet of drones with a two kilogram payload capacity and a six mile flight-range.
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The FAA then grounded the fleet on January 16 after an emergency landing by an All Nippon Airways flight in Japan that was prompted by a battery alarm and a report of a burning smell.
This delay can only serve to exacerbate the condition of America's C-5 fleet, which has recently been plagued by malfunctions including many that render multiple aircraft unfit for flight.
Joseph Burns, managing director for flight standards and technology at United Airlines, which has texting capabilities on most of its wide-body fleet.
In-flight Internet service provider GoGo announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to expand service aboard US Airways fleet of Airbus A319, A320 and Embraer 190 aircrafts.
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