Boeing Dreamliner Fleet

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  Aviation Watchdog Orders Fuel Switch Locking System Checks On Boeing Jets

  Domestic airlines operating Boeing jets have been instructed to conduct checks on fuel control switches that regulate fuel supply to the engines on those planes.

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  Updates: Vijay Rupani's Last Rites Performed With Full State Honours

  Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was on the Air India flight 171, belonging to Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 fleet, which crashed on Thursday afternoon within seconds after take-off.

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  India May Ground Boeing 787-8 Fleet After Ahmedabad Tragedy: Sources

  The Union government is considering grounding the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 fleet, sources said, a day after one of the aircraft supplied to Air India crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.

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  Many Air India Dreamliners Lying Idle As Airline Faces Staff Crunch

  National carrier Air India is under utilising its flagship Boeing Dreamliner fleet, due to flight crew shortage as well as technical issues with only 21 planes being deployed for operations every day, an airline source said.

• Dreamliner problems: Boeing likely to submit action plan to Air India

  Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is likely to submit a time-bound action plan to fix the perennial technical problems being faced by the Dreamliners in Air India's fleet to aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) next week.

• Japan's All Nippon Airways resumes Dreamliner flights

  Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) said it put its Dreamliner fleet back into service on Sunday following a suspension of about four months due to battery problems.

• Air India may resume Dreamliner flights by next month

  With the US aviation regulator approving Boeing's plan to fix the battery-fire problem in the Dreamliner fleet, Air India today hoped to resume flights of this grounded aircraft by the later part of next month.

• Japan's All Nippon Airways grounds Dreamliner fleet until May

  Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) said on Monday it was grounding its fleet of Dreamliners until at least the end of May, with no end in sight to woes for Boeing's next generation plane.

• Boeing to meet with US aviation authority on Dreamliner fixes: source

  A senior Boeing Co executive will meet with the head of the US Federal Aviation Administration on Friday and present a series of measures aimed at preventing battery failures that grounded its 787 Dreamliner fleet for five weeks, according to a source familiar with the plans.

• Boeing asks Federal Aviation Administration to allow Dreamliner test flights

  Boeing Co has asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to conduct test flights of its 787 Dreamliner, a move suggesting the company is making progress in finding a solution to the battery problems that prompted regulators to ground the entire 787 fleet two weeks ago.

• Air India flew Dreamliners despite grounding order: official

  India's national carrier Air India flew two Dreamliner aircraft without passengers even after US regulators grounded the global fleet last month due to technical problems, an official said on Monday.

• Air India's Dreamliner fleet to remain grounded till February 17

  Air India's six Boeing 787 Dreamliners would remain grounded till February 17, with further delays expected in the tests being carried out by US and Japanese authorities on the faulty lithium ion batteries used in the aircraft.

• Now Qatar Airways also grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet

  Qatar Airways has grounded its five-strong fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, it said Thursday, adopting a directive by the US Federal Aviation Administration reviewing their safety.

• Boeing crisis deepens as Dreamliners grounded worldwide

  Regulators on Thursday grounded nearly all of the world's 787 Dreamliner fleet until a fire risk linked to the plane's batteries is fixed, deepening a crisis for US titan Boeing that threatens to last weeks.

• Japanese airlines ground Boeing 787 Dreamliners after emergency landing

  Japan's two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, the latest in a series of incidents to heighten safety concerns over a plane many see as the future of commercial aviation.