A Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft, operated by Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., takes off from Heathrow.\u00a0<\/span>Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe\/Bloomberg<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  Jets recalled by Rolls-Royce are latest to suffer blade wear<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.\u00a0has transferred one of its daily trans-Atlantic flights to U.S. ally\u00a0Delta Air Lines Inc.\u00a0so that some of its own\u00a0Boeing Co.\u00a0787 Dreamliner planes can be grounded for an engine fix.<\/p>\n

  Delta took over the London Heathrow-New York John F. Kennedy International service Thursday and will operate it until Oct. 31\u00a0using older Boeing 767s and possibly 777s. That will allow the Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc Trent 1000 turbines that power Virgin\u2019s Dreamliners to receive attention, according to Craig Kreeger,\u00a0the U.K. carrier\u2019s chief executive officer.<\/p>\n

  \u201cIt\u2019s a substitution that gives us a little bit more resilience as we\u2019ve had some parts issues with our 787 engines,\u201d Kreeger said in an interview. \u201cThis ensures that we\u2019ll have sufficient capacity. It\u2019s circumstantial, it\u2019s not a strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

  Rolls-Royce said Aug. 1 that as many as 500 Trent 1000s would need earlier-than-expected maintenance because of wear issues affecting the fan blades. The problem was first identified last year when\u00a0ANA Holdings Inc., the 787\u2019s launch customer, reported turbine damage on three planes. Virgin operates 13 787s out of an order for 17, and also took some out of service in April.<\/p>\n

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  \u201cWe have a clear service management plan in place with all operators to undertake this work and minimize disruption,\u201d Rolls-Royce said in a statement, adding that the interval for the work will be kept \u201cas short as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

  Not all Rolls-powered 787s will need early attention, the U.K. manufacturer said. Additional maintenance costs on the Trent 1000 were the biggest component of 59 million pounds ($78 million) in technical costs that the company posted in the first half.<\/p>\n

  Delta, which bought a\u00a049 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic in 2012, said in a statement that such route changes \u201cshow the benefit of the Delta and Virgin Atlantic partnership and how we work together.\u201d<\/p>\n

  Virgin said last month that starting next March it would take one of its partner\u2019s U.K.-U.S. flights, giving it six of eight daily services across the pair\u2019s joint venture. Delta will meanwhile upgrade to\u00a0Airbus SE\u00a0A330s from 767s on routes between Heathrow and JFK, Atlanta and Detroit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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