Qantas resumes flights to US

Australian airline Qantas is to resume flights of its Airbus A380s to the United States, two months after suspending them following a mid-air engine explosion.



Qantas says the first flight would take off from Melbourne for Los Angeles on Sunday.



It resumed limited A380 flights to London in late November.



However, its trans-Pacific flights were suspended for longer as the journey requires greater engine thrust.



Australian safety investigators said in December that an oil leak in a turbine of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine may have caused the explosion, but were satisfied with the actions taken to prevent it happening again.



British engine-maker Rolls-Royce says it’s delighted that Qantas has lifted its restrictions on the use of the A380 engines and have returned them to normal service.