Ethiopian Airlines to become world's first carrier to resume Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner. IMAGE/Boeing

(Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines is set to become the world's first carrier to resume flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, with a commercial flight on Saturday to neighboring Kenya, two airline sources said.

Boeing's Dreamliners have been grounded since regulators ordered all 50 planes out of the skies in mid-January after batteries on two of them overheated. U.S. regulators approved a new battery design on Friday,

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