Rolls-Royce has found a fix to its troubled Trent 900 engine in the wake of last week’s uncontained failure of one of the engines on a Qantas A380, Airbus chief operating officer – customers, John Leahy, previewed media in Sydney on November 12. “Rolls knows they’ve found the solution to what caused the problem,” Leahy,
Qantas has announced changes to its aircraft schedules to accommodate the grounding of its Airbus A380 fleet and has not yet indicated when the aircraft will return to the air. Meanwhile, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an airworthiness directive which could result in more groundings of A380s. Under the changes, the airline
Singapore Airlines has announced that it will substitute Boeing 777-300s and 747-400s on the services regularly operated by its Airbus A380s as three of those aircraft undergo precautionary engine changes. A mix of 777-300s and 747-400s will be deployed on SQ221/212/222/221 services between Singapore and Sydney and also on SQ238 and SQ227 between Singapore and
Full economy and business class airfares were marginally lower during November 2010 compared with the same time last year, according to the latest Domestic Air Fare Index report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). For the month, the business fare index increased by two points to 97 while the full economy
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun interviewing the two pilots who were flying the Qantas Airbus A380 which experienced an uncontained engine failure on November 10. The ATSB said in an update that the interviews are being conducted in Sydney, and are being assisted by an Airbus A380 test pilot. “The flightcrew interviews
Singapore Airlines has been forced to ground three of its A380s over problems with their Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines in relation to the recent uncontained engine failure of a Qantas A380 on November 4. According to reports, Rolls-Royce overnight advised SIA to ground three A380s for “precautionary engine changes” following concerns raised during inspections. The
