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• Boeing CEO Sees 5-Year Edge On Airbus in Twin-Aisle Jets

  Boeing Co. said lessons from the plastic-composite 787 have helped the planemaker build a five- year advantage over Airbus SAS in twin-aisle jets, the models that are the backbone of airlines’ long-haul fleets.

• GS Yuasa Gains After United Restarts 787 Flights: Tokyo Mover

  GS Yuasa Corp., the maker of lithium- ion batteries for Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner, rose by the most in more than four years after United Airlines, the only U.S. operator of the plane, resumed flights yesterday.

• Boeing Open to Raising 787 Output Again to Shrink Backlog

  Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer James McNerney is open to another increase in production rates for the 787 Dreamliner so the world’s largest planemaker can shrink a backlog of 840 jets.

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  Tesla’s Straubel Keeps Motors Rolling as Stock Surges 57%

  Elon Musk was fresh off the sale of PayPal and starting another business, commercial rocket service Space Exploration Technologies Corp., when he met kindred spirit JB Straubel. Their shared belief that consumer electronics advances could be applied to more earthly modes of transport is a cornerstone of Tesla Motors Inc.

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  Airbus A350’s Paint Job Points to Paris-Show Blow for Boeing

  Airbus SAS engineers are working 13- hour days to get the company’s latest A350 plane off the ground in time to scoop the headlines at next month’s Paris air show.

• Air India to Add More Boeing 787s This Year After Flights Resume

  Air India Ltd., the state-run carrier that resumes Boeing Co. 787 commercial flights tomorrow, plans to take delivery of eight more of the fuel-efficient planes by December as it seeks to pare losses.

• ANA 787 Ads Aim to Lure Back Flyers as Services to Resume

  ANA Holdings Inc., operator of the world’s largest Boeing Co. 787 fleet, placed advertisements in Japanese newspapers to lure flyers back to the aircraft, which had been grounded after battery overheating incidents.

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  Boeing Supplier Resumes 787 Cell Output, Forecasts Profit Jump

  GS Yuasa Corp., a Japanese battery maker, forecast net income will jump 73 percent this fiscal year and said it resumed output of cells for Boeing Co.’s 787.

• Boeing 787 Delay Creates Qatar Airways Opening for Airbus

  Boeing Co.’s halt in delivering the 787 Dreamliner this year because of battery failures has created an opening for Airbus SAS to sell about $3.5 billion of A330 wide-body jets to Qatar Airways Ltd.

• Boeing Dreamliner Grounding Hurts ANA, Japan Airlines Sales

  ANA Holdings Inc., and Japan Airlines Co., the world’s biggest operators of Boeing Co. 787s, forecast a bigger impact this year from the plane’s grounding as they prepare to restart commercial flights with the Dreamliner.

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