Rolls-Royce needs more time to fix the problem with Trent 1000 TEN high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades. On November 7, the company said it has postponed delivery of the first redesigned blades until 2021. In April this year, Rolls-Royce acknowledged it…
Emirates is unwilling to commit to taking delivery of any new types from Boeing and Airbus unless the engine manufacturers Rolls-Royce and General Electric get their act together and deliver reliable products. The airline’s President Sir Tim Clark used harsh…
Norwegian is seeking to restructure long-term debts of $380 million by asking its bondholders extra time to repay the money, the airline said on September 2. Norwegian has two unsecured bonds that need to be repaid by November 2021 and…
Reports on August 10 of a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 trashing the Rome Fiumicino-airport area with parts from its number 1 Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-engine after take-off raise the question: is this part of the known Trent 1000-issue or a new one?…
Rolls-Royce has been dealt a serious blow with the announcement by Air New Zealand on May 27 that it has selected the General Electric GEnx-1B to power its 8 Boeing 787-10s. Ahead of the deal announced on the airline’s investors…
Singapore Airlines is reasonably satisfied with the results for its fiscal year 2018-2019 it announced on May 16. A net profit of $682.7mln was down from the previous year’s $1.301bln, but results are still solid in a nervous environment. Singapore…