Japan Airlines does not expect flight cancellations or delays as a result of inspections ordered by Europe’s air safety regulator on engines of Airbus A350-1000 jets, it said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Thursday Trent XWB-97 engines made by Rolls-Royce should be checked after an engine fire during the flight of a Cathay Pacific jetliner.<\/p>\n
Rolls-Royce said it was “confident in our ability to deliver on the inspection regime”.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific canceled\u00a0a number of flights this week while it checked and repaired A350 engines after a Zurich-bound jet was forced to return to Hong Kong on Monday due to the engine problem, later traced to a fuel leak.<\/p>\n
Japan Airlines (JAL) inspected its entire fleet of A350-1000 and the small variant the A350-900 earlier this week but said it would need to conduct additional inspections in accordance with the EASA directive and service instructions from Rolls-Royce.<\/p>\n
“No issues were found on any aircraft,” JAL said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Etihad Airways, which has five A350-1000 jets, said it began inspecting engines proactively before the directive was issued and continues to do so in compliance with directive.<\/p>\n
“Etihad has discovered no issues, nor experienced any similar events with the engine, so does not anticipate any impact on its operations,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Broker Jefferies said in a note to clients on Friday it considered the engine issue was unlikely to be widespread, and said no significant regulatory action had been taken.<\/p>\n
“With the faulty part in question now confirmed as a fuel nozzle\/hose, any work required on the engines, if found to be faulty, should be fairly limited and a quick fix … This implies only minor costs for Rolls-Royce,” it said.<\/p>\n
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