The Dreamliner is still facing issues. Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle is taking a brand new Boeing Dreamliner out of long-haul service and is asking the company to fix it after it faced several breakdowns.
Boeing agreed to fix the plane and said it would be taken care of within a few days, but while the plane is out of commission, the airline said it will lease an Airbus A340 fro, HiFly to keep its long-haul flights going, Reuters reports.
"The aircraft's reliability is simply not acceptable, our passengers cannot live with this kind of performance," spokesman Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen told Reuters. "We are taking it out of long-haul service."
The Dreamliner was supposed to be revolutionary for the airline industry but it has faced several problems and setbacks. Earlier this year, all Dreamliners were grounded due to battery issues.
Norwegian Air Shuttle's Dreamliner is currently in Bangkok. It has problems with the hydraulic pump failure. It will be flown to Stockholm where it will be repaired.
"In consultation with Norwegian, the decision has been made to implement a number of enhancements to improve the airplane's in-service reliability following its return to Stockholm," Boeing said according to Retuers."As a result, it is expected the airplane will be out of service for a matter of days."
The airline just started long-haul flights this year and hoped to benefit from the Dreamliner's inexpensive operative cost. A Dreamliner has a light-weight engine which Boeing says cuts fuel costs by 20 percent.
However the airline's Dreamliner has caused nothing but problems as it broke down six times in September alone. The airline had to lease other planes or cancel flights at the last minute.
The airline reached out to Boeing which is locating spare parts to make the fix as soon as possible.
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