New York Times article suggests 787s may not quickly be flying again.
Airbus executives have expressed sympathy for their rival’s current woes and said they were confident Boeing would get to the bottom of the problem. But some acknowledged that an extensive review of the battery technology could set off costly delays in Airbus’s rival program, the A350-XWB, which uses the same type of batteries and is scheduled to enter service in late 2014.
Problems with lithium-ion batteries in the aviation world are not new and have contributed to dozens of fires aboard airplanes in recent years. Cessna was forced to replace lithium-ion batteries on its CJ4 business jet with nickel-cadmium after a battery fire on the plane in 2011. The CJ4 was certified under special conditions similar to the 787’s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/bu...r.html?hp&_r=0