Pratt & Whitney will soon begin deliveries of spare engines to India's IndiGo airline that grounded eight of its Airbus A320neo aircraft last week following engine problems, according to news reports.
The East Hartford-based jet engine subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. will deliver two engines Wednesday and the remaining within the next 40 days, Reuters and Bloomberg News reported, citing unidentified sources.
Bloomberg reported that Pratt & Whitney will provide spare engines for all grounded Airbus SE A320neo aircraft at IndiGo. The first delivery is scheduled for Wednesday, Bloomberg said, quoting unidentified sources.
Eleven aircraft were grounded last week, complying with an order from India’s air-safety regulator. Hundreds of flights were canceled.
Pratt & Whitney did not comment beyond what Robert Leduc, president of the jet engine maker, said last Friday at a meeting with industry analysts.
The IndiGo fleet will be flying again by the end of April, Pratt & Whitney will retrofit and rework the 55 engines it has previously shipped to Airbus and it will make its full-year production commitment to Airbus, he said.
IndiGo said Tuesday it had canceled between 35 and 45 flights a day, or 3 percent of its schedule, Reuters reported.
Pratt planned to replace defective components by June for the latest snag caused by the so-called knife-edge compressor, requiring some planes to fly with one affected engine for almost three more months, Bloomberg reported.
20/03/18 Stephen Singer/Hartford Courant
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The East Hartford-based jet engine subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. will deliver two engines Wednesday and the remaining within the next 40 days, Reuters and Bloomberg News reported, citing unidentified sources.
Bloomberg reported that Pratt & Whitney will provide spare engines for all grounded Airbus SE A320neo aircraft at IndiGo. The first delivery is scheduled for Wednesday, Bloomberg said, quoting unidentified sources.
Eleven aircraft were grounded last week, complying with an order from India’s air-safety regulator. Hundreds of flights were canceled.
Pratt & Whitney did not comment beyond what Robert Leduc, president of the jet engine maker, said last Friday at a meeting with industry analysts.
The IndiGo fleet will be flying again by the end of April, Pratt & Whitney will retrofit and rework the 55 engines it has previously shipped to Airbus and it will make its full-year production commitment to Airbus, he said.
IndiGo said Tuesday it had canceled between 35 and 45 flights a day, or 3 percent of its schedule, Reuters reported.
Pratt planned to replace defective components by June for the latest snag caused by the so-called knife-edge compressor, requiring some planes to fly with one affected engine for almost three more months, Bloomberg reported.
20/03/18 Stephen Singer/Hartford Courant
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