British Airways and Virgin planes have been warned to stay within an hour of an airport over safety fears for their Rolls-Royce engines.

Passengers could face increased flight times after authorities ordered planes to be within an hour of airports following the discovery that some of the the £7.4m ($10m) Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jet engines suffered from cracking and corrosion.

Concerns over potential wear and tear problems on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, used to power some Boeing 787-9 planes, were first discovered two years go when the manufacture announced it was carrying out extra inspections.

The "package C" engine was first grounded by Japanese airline ANA in 2016 when it found engines had corroded turbine blades. An Air New Zealand 787 had to return to Auckland airport after the pilots noticed problems and shut down an engine.

While the inspections are carried out on the engines, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - the civil aviation watchdog in America - has ordered some 787 planes must fly within an hour of an airport in case of an emergency.

But BA said it did not expect to see disruption to flights as only a small number of their 787-9 planes that used this type of engine were actually affected by the order.</s>LONDON — The never-ending drama from the 787 Dreamliner seems to have taken another turn for the worse today after British carriers Virgin Atlantic and British Airways have been told to make sure that their flight paths always keep their planes within one hour of an airport. This announcement today has come after only a few months ago when Air New Zealand and Virgin Atlantic were two of many airlines had to report excessive corrosion in their Dreamliner engines.

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This issue, however, is not new. The first report of the excessive wear in the engines was made by ANA All Nippon Airways back in 2016 when they found that their engines had corroded turbine blades, since then there have been multiple reports of issues with the engines which once saw an Air New Zealand 787 have to turn back after the pilots reported issues with the engine and had to shut it down mid-flight, the engines in question are the Trent 100 engines which are also used to power some 787-9 aircraft.

Boeing has been extensively investigating the engines with Rolls Royce ever since the first reports of the issue and they had already in 2016 created a replacement program with ANA in which Rolls Royce covered the costs. On Friday Rolls Royce said they were working to repair the engines and problem but said that the issue may not be fully fixed until 2022.

So what does this mean? Well, it means that flight plans will need to be changed. Virgin Atlantic will now need to change their Transatlantic routes which could see flight times to some of their destinations like Boston increase from 7 hours 15 minutes up to 8 hours.

A spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic said: “All airlines flying twin-engine aircraft have a requirement to be within 60 minutes of a diversion airfield. This can be varied under regulation depending on route requirements and regulatory approvals. There’s currently an industry-wide shortage of Trent 1000 engines, which is impacting airlines around the world. In order to avoid disrupting our customers, we have added additional aircraft to our fleet, including four A330-200s. We always fully comply with all safety requirements and don’t anticipate any impact to our services.”

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British Airways have said however that they are unlikely to be affected massively by this decision as they said that many of their 787-9 Dreamliners are allowed to fly within 3 hours of the nearest airport while others can go no further than 140 minutes away from a runway.

In a statement from a spokesman for BA said: “The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority and we would never operate an aircraft if it was unsafe to do so. Like other airlines around the world, we are carrying out detailed precautionary inspections on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on some of our Boeing 787-9s to ensure we meet all the relevant regulatory requirements. Our Flight Planning teams have enormous experience in managing flight paths on our global network every day and always ensure we meet the relevant safety regulations.”

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It would appear that the engine issues have an end in sight but only time will tell how these problems will continue to affect not only the airlines that use them but Boeing and Rolls Royce alike, with airlines having to spend more money on a plane that was supposed to save them money. While we wait to see how these changes will be brought in it will be interesting to see if the changes affect the sales or for now the current orders of the 787-9 Dreamliners until the engine issues are fixed.</s>British Airways and Virgin passengers could face increased flight times after authorities ordered some planes to be within an hour of airports.

Concerns over potential wear and tear problems on engines - that are only used on some planes - have seen an small number grounded and others facing longer flight routes.

The problems mean that some transatlantic flights could face an increased flying time of up to an hour - extending journey times to eight hours to New York.

The issue surrounds Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 package C engines, used to power some Boeing 787-9 planes, that are being felt by airlines across the world.

Earlier this month, the manufacturer announced it was carrying out extra inspections on the engines about which concerns were first raised over two years ago.

It has seen some planes grounded and caused the airlines to switch flight routes while precautionary inspections take place.

While the inspections are carried out, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an order which means some 787 planes must fly within an hour of an airport in the case of an emergency.

Many BA 787-9s are allowed to fly within 180 minutes of the nearest airport, while others must pass within 140 minutes of touchdown.

However, others must fly just 60 minutes from touchdown.

But British Airways and Virgin told Mirror Online they did not expect any disruption to flight operations.

British Airways operates its 17 Dreamliner planes on popular routes such as Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Abu Dhabi and Moscow.

The aircrafts are capable of carrying up to 344 passengers.

A British Airways spokeswoman said: "The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority and we would never operate an aircraft if it was unsafe to do so.

"Like other airlines around the world, we are carrying out detailed precautionary inspections on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on some of our Boeing 787-9s to ensure we meet all the relevant regulatory requirements.

"Our Flight Operations and Flight Planning teams have enormous experience in managing flight paths on our global network every day.

"Every flight plan we create meets all of the relevant safety regulations, which we always adhere to."

Virgin, which also has 17 Dreamliners, has added an additional number of Airbus aircraft to its fleet to limit the impact.

A Virgin spokeswoman said: "We have absolute confidence in our fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft and we don't anticipate any impact on flying schedule.

"There is an industry wide shortage of Trent 1000 engines, and we have taken a number of steps to ensure this has no impact on our customers journeys - including adding additional aircraft to our fleet."

Problems with the Trent 1000 engine were first raised two years ago, when Japanese airline ANA grounded planes to replace engines which had corroded turbine blades.

Yesterday, Rolls-Royce said it was working quickly to repair problems with some of the engines which have seen plane grounded.

The company said the problems will be fully resolved by 2022, though chief executive Warren East added he hoped for a faster resolution.

He told shareholders: "Based on where we are at the moment, we would expect to remove the aircraft on the ground situation much, much faster than 2022.”

According to Reuters, there are 380 package C engines currently in service with airlines across the world including BA and Virgin.</s>Rolls-Royce has won an order to supply MTU engines for four new tugs for Aliança Navegação, a company owned by the Hamburg Süd shipping line

MAY 4, 2018 — Rolls-Royce has won an order to supply MTU engines for four new tugs for Aliança Navegação, a company owned by the Hamburg Süd shipping line.

The company uses 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 propulsion systems throughout its Brazilian tugboat fleet, which includes seven harbor tugs. Two are deployed in São Francisco in the north of Santa Catarina, the remaining five tugboats are still to undergo commissioning.

All tugs are being built by Detroit Brasil Ltda. The shipyard based in Itajai, Brazil has successfully installed] MTU engines in over 30 vessel projects for customers such as Saam Smit Towing.

"The MTU engines used for example by our subsidiary Starnav in tug boats are convincing in terms of maintenance and fuel consumption, and some of these vessels have been in service for over seven years," said Sergio Camiruaga, Executive Vice President of Detroit Brasil-Starnav. "We have fourteen 16V 4000M63 units in our fleet and some of them have clocked up almost 30,000 operating hours

Rolls-Royce has been supplying MTU-Series 4000 engines to Detroit Brasil since 2010 for use in harbor tugs and also in platform supply vessels.

"Based on our previous experience in towage applications, we had no reservations in recommending Hamburg Süd to use MTU engines for its worldwide towage operations. We have enjoyed good cooperation with MTU and will continue with them in offering good service to the customer," said Camiruaga.

The MTU engines already delivered to Detroit Brasil haveeacked up over 1,000,000 hours of operation.

"MTU takes around 30% of the Brazilian offshore market and also holds a leading position in Brazil's general commercial marine propulsion market overall. For us, Brazil is an important focal point, and it is a country where we plan to expand our market presence even further going forward. Our experience of vessels and engines gained during this large number of operating hours help us guarantee the customer a level of uptime which is absolutely as high as possible," said Knut Müller, Head of the Marine and Government Business unit at Rolls-Royce Power Systems.
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States orders Boeing 787 jets using Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to operate within one hour of an airport at all times following safety concerns with the engines worldwide which culminated in Air New Zealand and Air China grounding their fleets last week.