Ethiopian Airlines resumes Dreamliner flights

http://www.aljazeera.com/business/2013/04/20134275137702387.html
This article talks about the Boeing Dreamliner and resuming flights with it after grounding the planes due to lithium Ion battery problems. The title of the article is about Ethiopian airline being the first to resume the flights, but the key points in it are the fact that Japanese and American officials have allowed flights of the 787 to be resumed. The grounding of the plane for months was due to the battery packs catching fire or smoking during flights. Boeing Co. said on Saturday that it is ready to build seven 787 Dreamliners a month from mid-year and is still on course for 10 per month by the end of the year. Ray Connor, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and Shinichoro Ito, chief executive of ANA Group, will be on board test flights to make sure the battery problems have been solved. In addition to the battery fix approved by US authorities, Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau has requested airlines meet the country's own safety standards when flying the 787, which include monitoring the battery current while the jet is in the air and checking used batteries.Teams of Boeing engineers began installing reinforced batteries on Dreamliners owned by ANA on Monday. The airline hopes to complete retrofitting its entire fleet by mid-May. The problems with the Dreamliner were a heavy blow to the company who has fierce competition with the french rival Airbus.