{"id":6685,"date":"2019-11-17T22:12:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T04:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2019-11-17T22:12:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T04:12:25","slug":"air-new-zealand-says-14000-passengers-to-be-affected-by-rolls-royce-engine-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6685","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand Says 14,000 Passengers to be Affected by Rolls-Royce Engine Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nov 18 (Reuters) – Air New Zealand Ltd said on Monday about 14,000 customers would be affected by cancellations this summer because of ongoing Rolls-Royce engine checks on its Boeing 787-9 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national carrier, which has 10 Trent 1000 engines on its 787-9 fleet, said the schedule changes were “now unavoidable”, adding that further changes may also be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolls-Royce has been struggling to fix an issue on blades on the TEN variant, causing more and more passengers face disruptions due to checks and repair work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rolls-Royce does not have any replacement engines available while maintenance work is undertaken and has advised Air New Zealand there\u2019s significant wait for repair service,” said a statement by the airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air New Zealand will suspend its twice-a-week seasonal Christchurch-Perth service – hitting 61 flights – and its second daily Auckland-Perth service from Dec. 10 until Jan 5, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Going into the holiday season we’re acutely aware how important travel is to our customers, and our schedule changes are designed to keep cancellations to a minimum,” Air NZ’s Senior Manager Customer Care and Communications Doug Grant said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolls-Royce’s cost to fix the issue jumped by another 800 million pounds ($1.02 billion), as the aerospace group promised to spend more on parts and replacement engines to reduce the time aircraft are grounded while turbine blades are replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

($1 = 0.7815 pounds)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Reporting by Nikhil Kurian Nainan in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Cooney and Tom Brown)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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