Cabin crew and pilots due to work on the cancelled flights would be given full pay or moved to work on other aircraft, Mr Joyce said.
He said most of maintenance for the planes was done in Australia with heavy maintenance done in the Lufthansa facility Germany.
"The engines have been in service as long as the aircraft has operated which is two years," he said.
"These are new engines, they're a new design from Rolls Royce, they're engines that are particular for the A380 and they've been operating on all the A380 fleet."
(Yahoo news)