Qantas Airways will resume flying some Airbus A380 superjumbos this week, giving Rolls-Royce a boost after the mid-flight failure of one of its engines forced an emergency landing this month.

The service is now due to depart Sydney at 6.45am on Sunday. Nobody was injured in the collision with passengers who had boarded the plane disembarking the A380 via its lower deck. Qantas said it ...

A 4-foot-long tool was left inside the engine of an Airbus A380, a safety report found. The Qantas jet flew 294 hours of flights with the tool still inside, Australian authorities said.

If the airline's six A380 planes were grounded beyond a week, it could affect the company's profit forecast for this year, analysts said. Qantas will brief media on the issue at 0500 GMT Monday.

Qantas has a rich history of flying to South Africa over the past 72 years, having operated Constellations and Super Constellations, Electras, 707s, 747s, Dreamliners and now the A380.

Damage to the A380’s number 2 engine after an aerobridge struck it. The A380 involved is VH-OQJ, a 14-year-old aircraft powered by four Rolls-Royce Trent 900s, flight tracking data indicates.

As you probably know, a Qantas Airbus A380-842 suffered a major engine fault, early yesterday morning. It had to return to Singapore after dropping debris and suffering damage to the left wing.

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