In the early 20th century, two men came together to start a company that would become world-renown in both car manufacturing and airplane engine manufacturing, Rolls Royce. Over the years, Rolls Royce had quickly evolved to become a major player in both fields, raking in over $16 billion in revenue in 2017 alone while supporting the […]
Rolls Royce delivered further bad news on Monday this time to airlines who fly Boeing 787 aircraft with the company’s ‘package B’ Trent 1000 engines. After announcing in April that the checks currently taking place on ‘package C’ engines would not affect the 166 ‘package B’ units, some in operation since 2012, Rolls Royce have […]
British Airways is the latest airline to confirm lease requirements to cover Boeing 787 operations as Rolls Royce struggles to meet the engineering demands of resolving the issue with Trent 1000 engines on certain 787 aircraft. BA has applied to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for approval to wet-lease three Airbus A330s from Qatar […]
On Wednesday, British engine manufacturer Rolls Royce announced that it will spend $315 million to move forward with the repairs of the Trent 1000 engines delivered to its customers. The engines currently power Boeing 787 Dreamliner model throughout the world across numerous airlines. The amount of affected engines is around 440 engines among 220 aircraft. […]
In just the past week, Air New Zealand has faced two separate incidents with its Boeing 787-9 aircraft resulting in aircraft being grounded. On Tuesday, Dec. 5, flight NZ99 departed Auckland for Tokyo Narita and returned to New Zealand just over 30 minutes after departure. The pilot of the flight chose to shut down one […]
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