Rolls-Royce Engine Troubles Snare Singapore Airlines Unit
January 27 2017 - 2:06AM
Dow Jones News
By Gaurav Raghuvanshi
SINGAPORE--A Singaporean discount airline is the latest carrier
to encounter engine problems on Boeing Co. 787 jets, underscoring
problems for the aircraft maker and engine supplier Rolls-Royce
Holdings PLC.
Scoot Pte., a unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd. that flies
medium-haul routes, has had to pull some of its Dreamliners from
flying while it carries out additional checks on engines. Scoot
didn't specify the exact nature of the engine problem or how many
of its dozen jets were affected.
In the meantime, Singapore Airlines will operate a daily return
flight to Sydney for Scoot from Feb. 1 to Feb. 13 using a Boeing
777-200 as Scoot faces "tighter than usual" aircraft utilization
during the Lunar New Year holiday period, according to a Scoot
spokeswoman.
Scoot said it has informed its customers about the change.
"Scoot has an ongoing engine maintenance and check program in
place with Rolls-Royce to proactively monitor the condition and
technical reliability of our fleet," the company spokeswoman
said.
Boeing said it was aware of the engine issues but would refer
queries to the airline. Rolls-Royce declined to comment on an
"individual customer's operations and engine maintenance
programs."
Dreamliners started commercial flights at the end of 2011. The
planes have been plagued by problems such as battery fires in
2013.
All Nippon Airways discovered problems with turbine blades in
its Dreamliner Rolls-Royce engines last year. ANA said blades in
the engines were cracking because of what Rolls-Royce determined
was premature corrosion.
Rolls-Royce vies with General Electric Co. (GE) for engine
orders on Dreamliner planes.
Write to Gaurav Raghuvanshi at gaurav.raghuvanshi@wsj.com
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