Qantas to resume A380 flights to L.A.

Qantas will resume A380 flights from Australia to Los Angeles this weekend after a more than two-month stoppage because of engine problems.

The airline had said last week that it was hoping to have the flights back by mid-January.

The flights have been grounded since a Rolls-Royce-made engine on one of the airline's superjumbo jets disintegrated shortly after the plane took off from Singapore last Nov. 4.

The plane landed safely.

Qantas grounded all six of its A380s for 19 days after a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine disintegrated shortly after a flight took off from Singapore on Nov. 4, and other airlines that use that type of engine also suspended some services while checks were carried out.

Preliminary reports said an oil leak caused a fire in the giant high-tech engine.

In November, Qantas Airways resumed A380 flights on the other route that it uses the superjumbo, from Australia to London via Singapore.