Rolls-Royce is to advise Boeing 787 customers of an accelerated inspection regime for Trent 1000 TEN engines, after the discovery of premature blade deterioration on some engines. There are sapproximately 180 Trent 1000 TEN powerplants in service globally. Singapore Airlines recently grounded some of its TEN-powered Boeing 787-10s from service for checks on high-pressure turbine blades. Rolls-Royce says it is dealing with the “earlier than anticipated” deterioration of high-pressure turbine blades in a “small population” of the TEN engine, and has agreed an inspection regime with airworthiness authorities.

Asia-Pacific airlines received 53 of the 124 commercial aircraft delivered during March 2019. Among Asia-Pacific countries, Chinese airlines acquired most deliveries with 32 new aircraft. Japanese airlines had eight new aircraft delivered, while Indian airlines only received three new aircraft. The deliveries to Asia-pacific included an Airbus A320neo, A320neo's, Boeing 737'800's and a single B787-900.

US based carrier, Hawaiian Airlines has launched the farthest-ever scheduled interstate-US airline route on the 4th of April with flight 90, a 8.200km stretch from Honolulu to Boston. The carrier has scheduled the outbound Honolulu-Boston flight for approximately 10 hours, with the return Boston-Honolulu flight scheduled for approximately 11.5 hours. Hawaiian will operate the flight five times weekly using their Airbus A330s.