Air New Zealand is cancelling dozens of international flights in and out of Australia due to ongoing problems affecting Boeing Dreamliner engines globally.
On Monday the airline said it would suspend its twice-weekly seasonal Christchurch-Perth service, resulting in the cancellation of 62 flights.
It would also cancel its second daily Auckland-Perth service from December 10 until January 5, 2020, the airline said in a statement sent to media. Auckland-Sydney services and Auckland-Tonga services have also been cancelled.
Since late 2017 Air New Zealand and other international airlines flying Dreamliners have been plagued by issues affecting Rolls-Royce engines fitted to the modern aircraft....
Air New Zealand said it had 10 Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines fitted to its 787-9 fleet.
The airline said Rolls-Royce required operators of its Trent 1000 TEN engines to carry out more frequent maintenance due to an issue with the engine's high-pressure turbine blades.
"Rolls-Royce does not have any replacement engines available while maintenance work is undertaken and has advised Air New Zealand there's significant wait for repair services," the statement said.
RR Trent 1000 Ten engine dramas
RR Trent 1000 Ten engine dramas
Air NZ cancels dozens of Australian flights over Dreamliner engine woes
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Re: RR Trent 1000 Ten engine dramas
Right now, is there an engine manufacturer that doesn't have a problem product in its range?
I'm beginning to think that we have reached a critical point in the development of turbine engines and are looking for the next big step.
I'm beginning to think that we have reached a critical point in the development of turbine engines and are looking for the next big step.
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Re: RR Trent 1000 Ten engine dramas
Rolls Royce is facing some real technical and financial issues here not least that Air New Zealand have 8 Dreamliners on order with options for further aircraft and have swapped their engine preference...
Air New Zealand's issue
Dual rotor versus three independent, coaxial shaftsAir New Zealand has eight firm orders for new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners with an option to increase the number of aircraft from eight to up to 20 but it has chosen not to have them fitted with Rolls-Royce engines. The new aircraft would instead be powered by General Electric's GEnx-1B engines.
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To go
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Elusive."
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