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Singapore Airlines, which operates about 10 Trent 900 powered Airbus A380s, has also suspended flying operations with the type until it completes inspections on the aircraft following the Qantas inflight engine failure yesterday. “Our engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and aircraft manufacturer Airbus have advised us to conduct precautionary technical checks on our A380 aircraft, following today’s

Qantas’s six-strong A380 fleet remained grounded overnight as the airline dispatched some of its aircraft and chartered in others to cover the capacity shortfall brought about by the grounding. The airline says passengers from the A380 which was forced to return to Singapore on Thursday afternoon following an inflight uncontained failure of its second Rolls-Royce

Qantas A380 VH-OQA has suffered an evident uncontained engine failure shortly after takeoff from Singapore for Sydney, forcing the crew to dump fuel and make an emergency landing back at Singapore, and leading the airline to suspend all A380 flying while investigatons into the incident take place. The aircraft’s number two Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine

Tiger Airways has flagged that it will announce new bases in Australia over the coming year as the budget carrier rose to a profit during the three months to September 30. “We are talking to airports and state governments right now with a view to announcing some more bases in the coming year,” Tiger Airways

Boeing and Korean Aerospace (KAI) have signed an agreement that will see KAI design, develop and build the conformal weapons bays (CWB) for the F-15SE Silent Eagle. The CWBs will feature two bays on each side for the internal carriage of air-to-air missiles and JDAM class bombs, as well as additional fuel storage. The CWBs,

Boeing will operate a rotable exchange service for 787 operators which it says will help reduce airline inventory costs and allow parts to be shipped within 24 hours. “The 787 Rotables Exchange Services Program will provide a dedicated pool of high value, dispatch-critical parts for airlines, while helping them to improve operations support and cash