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Boeing 787 Dreamliners will resume flights following a fix for batteries soon, Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency said quoting Boeing Company officials.

Vice President of Marketing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Randy J. Tinseth and Engineering Leader, 787-8 Systems Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Richard J. Horigan said here Wednesday that professionals from Boeing Company are working in collaboration with the Ethiopian Airlines to fix the batteries.

The officials said that it takes up to five days to change batteries for a single Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Ethiopian's four Dreamliners remain grounded for four month. The aircrafts are expected to resume service in the near future following battery the battery fix, according to the officials.

Source: Walta

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Djibouti International Airport for the provision of sea-air and air-sea cargo transport of goods in East Africa.

The MoU was signed at Ethiopian Airlines headquarters on Monday, 22 April 2013, between Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian, and Mr. Mohamed Yacoub Mahamoud, General Manager of Djibouti International Airport.

"As the largest air cargo service provider in Africa, we are a serious player in moving trade, commerce and investment, which are the engines of fast economic development in the continent. The cooperation framework with our longtime partner, Djibouti airport, will enable us to offer new menu of choice, sea-air multimodal transport services, to our shippers, forwarders, and logistics providers in Africa", said Tewolde, CEO of Ethiopian.

Ethiopian Airlines is the biggest cargo operator in Africa flying to 25 destinatio…

Boeing 787 Dreamliners to Resume Service Soon

Ethiopian Airlines Signs Agreement with Djibouti Airport for Sea