Following the grounding of the A380 fleet and suspension of all Qantas A380 flights between Los Angeles and Australia, the Airline has announced it will resume services this weekend.

The service will resume with the QF93 from Melbourne to Los Angeles on 16 January.

Qantas suspended the flights last November, after problems surfaced with the A380 aircraft in Singapore. The safety measure was implemented to enable the company to monitor performance of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine used by the A380s.

A statement released by the company said that after extensive engineering analysis and close consultation with Rolls-Royce, Airbus and the European and Australian regulators, Qantas, Rolls-Royce and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority are now satisfied that it is appropriate for Qantas to resume A380 flying on the Los Angeles-Australia routes.

Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Alan Joyce, said: “As always, safety has been our first priority in assessing when and where to bring A380s back into service over the past month. Only when we, our manufacturers and our regulators were completely satisfied that it was safe to begin flying the aircraft again did we resume A380 services, initially on London routes only.

“We are now confident that we can begin flying the A380 to and from Los Angeles without any conditions on the use of maximum engine thrust.

“In the meantime, our A380 engine inspection process continues as we gradually restore the aircraft to our international network. We are operating a full international and domestic schedule, using our entire range of aircraft.”

For the remainder of January, Qantas will operate 14 A380 services per week between split between Melbourne and Sydney to routes including Singapore, London and Los Angeles routes. The company said A380 frequencies on London and Los Angeles routes will be steadily increased from next month, as aircraft return to service and new deliveries join the fleet.