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British Airways to lease Air Belgium A340s as 787 Trent engines are inspected
Sep 11, 2018
Continuing problems with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on its fleet of Boeing 787s
has forced British Airways (BA) to contract leased-in help to maintain its schedules.
The UK 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 startup
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.