British Airways to lease Air Belgium A340s as 787 Trent engines are inspected
Continuing problems with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on its fleet of Boeing 787s has forced British Airways to contract leased-in help to maintain its schedules. The carrier plans to use an Air Belgium Airbus A340-300 on its daily London Heathrow-Abu Dhabi service from Sept 15 to Oct 4. BA has already used the Belgian start-up for a small number of flights from London to Cairo earlier this month. BA’s 787 fleet is undergoing precautionary inspections in light of durability problems in the compressor of the Trent 1000 Package C engines. These have required additional inspections, which has forced airlines to ground 787s using this model of engine while the checks take place. Air Belgium began flying earlier this year and has a fleet of 4 A340-300s. <br/>
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British Airways to lease Air Belgium A340s as 787 Trent engines are inspected
Continuing problems with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on its fleet of Boeing 787s has forced British Airways to contract leased-in help to maintain its schedules. The carrier plans to use an Air Belgium Airbus A340-300 on its daily London Heathrow-Abu Dhabi service from Sept 15 to Oct 4. BA has already used the Belgian start-up for a small number of flights from London to Cairo earlier this month. BA’s 787 fleet is undergoing precautionary inspections in light of durability problems in the compressor of the Trent 1000 Package C engines. These have required additional inspections, which has forced airlines to ground 787s using this model of engine while the checks take place. Air Belgium began flying earlier this year and has a fleet of 4 A340-300s. <br/>
