BA passengers are being shunted onto a budget Belgian airline this week

Passengers booked to fly British Airways to Cairo this week will find themselves boarding not one of the most advanced aircraft on the planet but instead a plane belonging to a Belgian budget airline. BA is continuing to suffer from engine issues on its Boeing 787 planes, normally used on the 5-hour route to the Egyptian capital, and so has been forced to wet-lease an aircraft and its crew from Air Belgium, which has just 4 planes to its name, all Airbus A340s, and all just over 10 years old. A spokesperson for British Airways said it was in touch with customers affected and had offered them “a range of options” should they not wish to travel, adding: “We’re doing everything we can to make sure our customers travel as planned, in light of continuing issues with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines". <br/>