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By Gaurav Raghuvanshi

SINGAPORE--A Singaporean discount airline is the latest carrier to encounter engine problems on Boeing Co. 787 jets, underscoring problems for the aircraft maker and engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC.

Scoot Pte., a unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd. that flies medium-haul routes, has had to pull some of its Dreamliners from flying while it carries out additional checks on engines. Scoot didn't specify the exact nature of the engine problem or how many of its dozen jets were affected.

In the meantime, Singapore Airlines will operate a daily return flight to Sydney for Scoot from Feb. 1 to Feb. 13 using a Boeing 777-200 as Scoot faces "tighter than usual" aircraft utilization during the Lunar New Year holiday period, according to a Scoot spokeswoman.

Scoot said it has informed its customers about the change.

"Scoot has an ongoing engine maintenance and check program in place with Rolls-Royce to proactively monitor the condition and technical reliability of our fleet," the company spokeswoman said.

Boeing said it was aware of the engine issues but would refer queries to the airline. Rolls-Royce declined to comment on an "individual customer's operations and engine maintenance programs."

Dreamliners started commercial flights at the end of 2011. The planes have been plagued by problems such as battery fires in 2013.

All Nippon Airways discovered problems with turbine blades in its Dreamliner Rolls-Royce engines last year. ANA said blades in the engines were cracking because of what Rolls-Royce determined was premature corrosion.

Rolls-Royce vies with General Electric Co. (GE) for engine orders on Dreamliner planes.

Write to Gaurav Raghuvanshi at gaurav.raghuvanshi@wsj.com

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January 27, 2017 01:51 ET (06:51 GMT)

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