Boeing 787 Operators Sound Off On Trent 1000 Reliability Issues

Ethiopian 787 equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s

Ethiopian Airlines says it has grounded four 787s equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s in the past five months.

Credit: Kurt Hofmann/Aviation Week Network
DUBAI—Several airlines operating the Boeing 787 expressed frustration and disappointment over the reliability of their Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on the sidelines of the IATA Annual General Meeting in Dubai. For Ethiopian Airlines, one of the very first Boeing 787 operators, the situation with...
Kurt Hofmann

Kurt Hofmann has been writing on the airline industry for 25 years. He appears frequently on Austrian, Swiss and German television and broadcasting…

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