Bad news for Rolls Royce Powered A380’s with the news today that more engine swaps will be required.
Qantas estimates that up to 40 engines will be required for swaps throughout the global A380 RR Powered fleet.
Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas quotes:
“We’ve been talking to Airbus and Rolls-Royce and we understand that the number is around 40,” he said.
“We’ll have a daily dialogue with Rolls-Royce to determine which engines actually need to be taken off,” he said.
Trent 900’s are used on A380s operated by Lufthansa, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines, which in total operate 20 aircraft, each with 4 big Trent 900 engines installed in them.
This is going to cause major issues as Lufthansa has found out as it needs to change another engine on one of it’s A380’s, and there are few spare units available.
And it’s used it’s spare to keep going this moment.
Lufthansa confirms the aircraft is safe to fly, subject to precautionary checks required by Rolls Royce and the European Aviation Safety Agency.
If anything, one of the powerplants from it’s due to be delivered A380’s may be sent off to Frankfurt to power the rest of the fleet. Therefore, it’s a question of time.
And of Rolls Royce making engines that don’t have faults in them.
