A350 Issues, Airline Bankruptcy & Lufthansa Updates

Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that after inspections, one of its Airbus A350-900s encountered engine issues; however, it rectified the problem quickly. Meanwhile, Air Belgium's future is at significant risk. It has two weeks to source an investor worth tens of millions, or it will go bankrupt. Lastly, Lufthansa Cargo has committed to investing 600 million euros to make Frankfurt Airport one of the best airports in the world for freight handling as the 2030s arrive.

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[siegeteamcweir]

A few folk mistakenly saying the A350 issue is a RR problem, not an Airbus one. Not quite. These engines are so closely integrated into airframes and systems, that it’s not possible to have the engine maker take full responsibility for the installation. The RR Trent fitted is specifically designed for the A350, in collab with Airbus. The fuel lines that are at the centre of the issue may well be an airframer system, supplying fuel to the firewall. Even if they are interior engine lines, they will have been signed off by airbus. It’s the same with engine issues on Boeing products. As a side issue, this high level of engine/airframe integration is why you can’t just swap out another manufacturer’s engine. They don’t “just bolt on”.

[kevinhindman]

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[OmegaCorsair]

Czech airlines and Vistara are ceasing operations soon. so that would be interesting

[GarlandTexasSpotter]

Would Airbus and GE have a contraction of just snap in the General Electric GEnx Engines for the A350 in the future? Those engines hadn’t had issues for a while and they are more fuel efficient and reliable. If I were to guess, maybe in 2026-2030 we’ll be the first ones to arrive with with GE Powerplants.

[jamesau]

Much more manageable than Nickel blade problem

[marcman]

Please; no more A350 engine problems unless there is some new and significant developments; and its not an A350 problem rather a Rolls Royce problem.

[Peter-vuwr]

Get your facts right the issue is with the fuel lines provided by a US company

[wilsonalejandro]

Virgin Atlantic a350-900 has a emergency landing at LAX airport with engine issues.

[trevormccarthy]

Investing in Frankfurt for cargo…. Makes no sense because of the curfew.. so much cargo gets moved at night .

[deniermurch]

The latest lottery winner of £125 million was Belgian, maybe he wants an airline.(satire)

[JD-wscu]

Air Belgium should be a Narrow body fleet only. The A320/321Neo would be a good fit for the

[chandrachurniyogi]

since the mid 2000s Rolls-Royce aero engines have always been plagued with reliability issues . . . and this is not the first time operators have faced problems with Rolls Royce aero engines . . .

[William]

Air France or Lufthansa group purchase air Belgium maybe .

[jone]

Lol, Belgium is not made for a long haul network.. weird country

[AndrewLarson-mqxc]

Airbus shouldn't take bad engine right? Sounds like airjunk to me.

[deniermurch]

You have managed to eek out this problem with one engine type for over a week. It's not as big a deal as you make it out to be. For Christs sake stop going on about it, you are getting boring. (satire)

[truebluethai]

I will never understand why you would start up an airline without a clear strategic plan, that to me is Air Belgium . On the surface a Swan but underneath paddling in all different directions, shame to see any airline collapse .