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The revival of collapsed Indian airline Jet Airways has been dealt a setback by a government decision that the airline cannot automatically reclaim its previous slots.
Jet Airways ceded its valuable slot portfolio after it ceased operations in 2019. The airline’s new owners have been seeking to secure these slots as a key element of their plan to resume services.
However, court filings by Indian aviation authorities indicate that the slots will not be returned, according to reports by the Business Standard and other local publications. Instead, a revived Jet Airways would have to apply for new slots in the same way as any other carrier.
Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering announced Jan. 18 that it has secured a five-year heavy maintenance contract with an undisclosed “international air cargo carrier.”
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Rolls-Royce remains on track to roll out upgraded Trent 1000 TEN high-pressure compressor turbine (HPT) blades around mid-2021 and does not expect to see any more unplanned Boeing 787 groundings linked to the issue or other identified problems with the engines.
“We have continued with the development work on the final fix for the HPT blade on the Trent 1000 TEN, and we remain on track to start installing that by the middle of next year,” CEO Warren East said during a Dec. 11 investor-update call.
The original HPT blades entered service with a limit of 1,000 cycles, with some needing to be swapped out even sooner. Rolls pledged to develop a more durable blade, but the work was delayed, with the company announcing in late 2019 that mid-2021 was the revised target for rolling it out.