TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) said it will cancel 113 domestic flights between July 6 through July 12 to inspect Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (L:RR) engines for compressor issues that have led to service interruptions for airlines globally.
The affected Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines are used on ANA's Boeing Co (N:BA) 787 Dreamliner jets, the Japanese airline told reporters on Wednesday.
A compressor problem in the Trent 1000 package C engine has already led to planes being grounded by airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic (VA.UL) and Air New Zealand (NZ:AIR). In June, Rolls Royce said it had found the same issue on a "small number of high life Package B engines".
ANA has been conducting inspections on Trent 1000 package C engines under instruction from Japan's transport ministry, with an expansion of inspections to include package B engines leading to the flight cancellations, the airline said.
In total 136 engines are affected, said ANA, the world's biggest 787 operator by fleet size.
Progress on a fix for the affected engines has been hampered by a global shortage of replacement parts, the airline said.