http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/business/ai-wants-boeing-to-compensate-for-not-delivering-fuel-efficient-dreamliners-792967.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:31:36 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=792967 National carrier Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20 percent fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17 percent fuel economy by its six 787s.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/ai-wants-boeing-to-compensate-for-not-delivering-fuel-efficient-dreamliners-792967.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-entire-ai-board-will-travel-on-first-dreamliner-flight-tomorrow-780747.html#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 03:27:16 +0000 Sindhu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=780747 The Kolkata bound flight will have all the members of Air India's board of directors on board, in what is being seen as a confidence building measure for generating buzz around the beleagured Dreamliners.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-entire-ai-board-will-travel-on-first-dreamliner-flight-tomorrow-780747.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/air-india-to-resume-flying-787-dreamliner-flights-from-wednesday-780407.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 06:59:35 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=780407 State-run Air India will resume flying its Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets from Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Tuesday, almost four months after the planes were grounded due to safety concerns.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/air-india-to-resume-flying-787-dreamliner-flights-from-wednesday-780407.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/air-india-tests-repaired-dreamliner-aircrafts-on-domestic-routes-768049.html#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 12:35:31 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=768049 Air India has launched test flights of its Dreamliner aircraft, which have been fitted with new battery packs following battery fire incidents in January, as the first of these sophisticated planes was flown from Mumbai to Delhi via Ahmedabad. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/air-india-tests-repaired-dreamliner-aircrafts-on-domestic-routes-768049.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/boeing-to-compensate-ai-for-grounding-of-dreamliners-746387.html#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 10:44:53 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=746387 US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has agreed to compensate Air India for the grounding of the Dreamliner aircraft due to battery-fire incidents, Rajya Sabha was informed today. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/boeing-to-compensate-ai-for-grounding-of-dreamliners-746387.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/dreamliner-set-to-fly-in-a-week-as-boeing-fixes-battery-719784.html#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:00:35 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/politics/dreamliner-set-to-fly-in-a-week-as-boeing-fixes-battery-719784.html 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. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/dreamliner-set-to-fly-in-a-week-as-boeing-fixes-battery-719784.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/dreamliner-may-take-to-sky-soon-says-boeing-714952.html#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:47:28 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=714952 Air India's Dreamliner Aircraft, grounded since January after incidents of battery fire, may take to the sky in the next two weeks, officials said today.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/dreamliner-may-take-to-sky-soon-says-boeing-714952.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/japan-probe-finds-miswiring-of-boeing-787-battery-633023.html#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:19:11 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=633023 A probe into the overheating of a lithium ion battery in an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 found it was improperly wired, Japan's Transport Ministry said Wednesday.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/japan-probe-finds-miswiring-of-boeing-787-battery-633023.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/business/dreamliner-should-hopefully-start-flying-again-by-april-air-india-632406.html#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:49:54 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=632406 The chairman of India's state carrier Air India said on Wednesday that Boeing is hopeful of getting their Dreamliner aircraft back in service by early April.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/dreamliner-should-hopefully-start-flying-again-by-april-air-india-632406.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/air-india-flew-dreamliner-even-after-grounding-order-612877.html#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:51:22 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=612877 Dreamliners operated by the national carrier were flown to Mumbai for maintenance reasons,]]> 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