Qatar Airways Reinstates 787
A Qatar Airways 787 collects CEO Akbar Al Baker and a contigent of Boeing officials from Doha to Dubai on Wednesday. (Photo: Qatar Airways)
A Qatar Airways 787 collects CEO Akbar Al Baker and a contigent of Boeing officials from Doha to Dubai on Wednesday. (Photo: Qatar Airways)

Qatar Airways became the second Boeing 787 customer to return a Dreamliner to service after a worldwide grounding of the fleet in January as Flight QR116 took off from Doha for Dubai Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. local time. The flight landed some four days after an Ethiopian Airlines 787 flew its first revenue service on a route between Addis Ababa and Nairobi.

Qatar said the 787—the lone Dreamliner in its fleet of five to undergo the battery system modifications specified by U.S. authorities—will resume daily services between Doha and London on May 15.