The UK's Derbyshire-based low-cost carrier BMIBaby has immediately announced plans to increase services, in light of easyJet's decision to leave East Midlands Airport. 

easyJet announced its departure on 3rd September, citing stagnation in the Midlands airport over many years. There is no official timescale fo

r the move, which will most likely see aircraft deployed to bases in continental Europe.

Airbus A330s and A340s fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent engines appear likely to require the same anti-icing modifications to fuel-oil heat exchangers already demanded on Trent 800-powered Boeing 777s.

Ice build-up on Trent 800 heat exchangers is suspected in two engine roll-back events on 777s, including last year's British Airways crash at London Heathrow. The modification to the exchanger's front face - mandated by the European Aviation Safety Agency - is designed to prevent this ice congestion.