United already scheduling still-grounded Dreamliner for flights in end of May

Mary Jane Credeur

April 9th, 2013 at 3:01 AM EDT

Photo Credit: The United Airlines 787 Dreamliner made its inaugural flight from Houston to Chicago, November 4, 2012, where it can be seen taxiing to the gate at O'Hare International Airport. Chicago Tribune / Nancy Stone

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United Continental Holdings Inc., the only U.S. carrier with Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner, expects to resume service earlier than planned with a May 31 flight between Houston-Denver route. The previous goal was to restart that service with a 787 on June 5, pending U.S. regulators’ approval of Boeing’s proposed upgrades to

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