British Airways Drops Flights Over Rolls Trent Engine Issues On 787s

British Airways (BA) has reduced some frequencies and dropped its service between London Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur for the winter season because of durability issues with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines powering its Boeing 787 aircraft.

“We’re disappointed that we’ve had to make further changes to our schedule as we continue to experience delays to the delivery of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce—particularly in relation to the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft,” a BA spokesperson said.

The spokesperson did not confirm the exact routes affected but OAG data on BA’s long-haul routes for winter 2024-25 as of Sept. 30, compared with the frequencies/capacity planned as of Oct. 14, showed that the London Heathrow-Kuala Lumpur route has been removed from the schedule.

BA had planned to operate over 60,000 seats this winter but will now delay the launch of the route until April.

Capacity on the London Heathrow-Doha route is being reduced by 51% to 75,393 seats across the winter season.

Capacity between London Gatwick and New York JFK is also being reduced by 75% to 19,456 seats for the winter season.

The data also showed 4.2% fewer seats planned on the London-Mumbai route as well as minor reductions on routes from London Heathrow to Baltimore/Washington International, Boston, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Santiago.

“We’ve taken this action because we do not believe the issue will be solved quickly, and we want to offer our customers the certainty they deserve for their travel plans,” the spokesperson said. “We continue to work closely with Rolls-Royce to ensure the company is aware of the impact its issues are having on our schedule and customers and seek reassurance of a prompt and reliable solution.”