Rolls-Royce 787 Engine Woes Widen as Thousands of Job Cuts Loom
- Durability problem detected with ‘Package B’ batch of turbines
- Group preparing announcement on new round of staff reductions
A Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 aircraft engine.
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Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc’s engine-durability crisis worsened after the company detected new issues that will require extra repair shop visits on a further batch of turbines that power Boeing Co.’s 787 airliner.
The glitch concerns a pressure compressor on “Package B” Trent 1000 engines for the wide-body plane, London-based Rolls said in a statement on Monday. Shares of the U.K. company, which is expected to announce thousands of job cuts this week as part of a restructuring plan, fell as much as 2.2 percent.