Qantas Juggles Fleet to Meet Schedules After Second Engine Fire
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Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia’s largest carrier, juggled aircraft to maintain schedules after a second engine flameout in as many days, as it continues safety checks of its grounded Airbus SAS A380 fleet.
Today’s Sydney-London flight, normally an A380 plane, will begin on an “alternative aircraft” for the first leg to Singapore and a British Airways Plc jetliner will complete the journey, Qantas said in a statement. A 747’s return to Singapore yesterday after an engine failure was “unrelated” to the engine explosion on an A380 a day earlier, spokeswoman Olivia Wirth said by phone today.