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  Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Faces New Challenge In The Form Of Slow Sales

  Boeing Co's high-tech 787 Dreamliner has had its share of trouble, from early production delays to batteries that smoked and burned, grounding the worldwide fleet for months in 2013.

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  First Electric Plane Flies Over English Channel

  European planemaker Airbus flew its E-fan electric plane, which operates exclusively on batteries, from Lydd, England, to Calais, France.

• Air India to resume Dreamliner flights next week, replace 19 planes

  Air India on Tuesday decided to resume next week domestic operations of the Dreamliner aircraft, grounded for four months due to a battery problem, and replace 19 aged Airbus A-320s with new leased ones.

• Air India to resume Dreamliner flights next week, replace 19 planes

  Air India has decided to resume next week domestic operations of the Dreamliner aircraft, grounded for 4 months due to a battery problem, and replace 19 aged Airbus A-320s with new leased ones.

• After the Dreamliner crisis, risks still loom for Boeing

  Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is carrying passengers again after a three-month ban on flights, but the company still faces potent risks related to the new, high-tech plane.

• Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery

  Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion battery systems on five 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week.

• Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery

  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 faces pressure for cash compensation over 787

  Pressure grew on Wednesday for Boeing to compensate airlines in hard cash for disruption caused by the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner as two airlines manoeuvred for immediate help instead of future purchase discounts.

• Airbus drops lithium-ion batteries for A350

  Airbus has dropped lithium-ion batteries of the type that forced the grounding of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and will use traditional nickel-cadmium batteries in its crucially important next passenger jet, the A350.

• Airbus will not use lithium batteries in A350: source

  Airbus will not use lithium batteries in the A350 long-range liner under development, a company source told AFP on Friday, as investigations continue into battery fires that have grounded rival Boeing's 787 carriers.

• Airbus says it has a 'Plan B' for A350 jet batteries

  Airbus has studied alternatives to lithium-ion batteries for its next jet, the A350, and has time to adapt to any rule changes prompted by the problems that have grounded Boeing Company's 787 Dreamliner, its top executive said.

• Overcharging unlikely cause of Dreamliner woes, says Japan

  Japanese regulators have joined their US counterparts in all but ruling out overcharged batteries as the cause of recent fires on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which has now been grounded for a week worldwide.

• Boeing 787 battery woes put FAA approval under scrutiny

  In 2007, US regulators cleared Boeing's use of a highly flammable battery in the 787 Dreamliner, deciding it was safe to let the lithium-ion battery burn out if it caught fire mid-air as long as the flames were contained, and smoke and fumes vented properly, according to the documents reviewed by Reuters.