Boeing Gets F.A.A. Go-Ahead for Plan to Resume Deliveries of 787 Dreamliner

The quality concerns included finding and filling paper-thin gaps in the plane’s body, replacing certain titanium parts that were made with the wrong material and other fixes. None has an immediate impact for the safety of Dreamliners flying today, Boeing said.

Boeing has already begun inspecting and repairing its inventory of about 120 Dreamliners, but it wasn’t immediately clear how soon the company would be able to start shipping the plane to customers again. An executive at American said earlier this month that it expected to start receiving part of its order of Dreamliners as soon as early August.

Boeing had already signaled earlier this week that it was close to restarting deliveries. “We’re readying airplanes together with our customers and have completed flight checks on the initial airplanes,” Brian West, Boeing’s chief financial officer, said on a call with investor analysts and reporters.

An F.A.A. spokeswoman declined to comment on the decision. In a short statement, Boeing said it would “continue to work transparently” with the agency and its customers toward restarting deliveries.

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