Kingfisher settles row with engine maker IAE

Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines, India's second largest private carrier in terms of passenger carriage, has settled technical issues with the US-based engine manufacturer IAE, boosting its capacity in the peak winter season. The airline will fly six out of the 15 grounded aircraft parked at different airports in the country due to technical problems that could have triggred safety bottlenecks . The airline has a fleet of 66 aircraft.
Kingfisher's brass, including the new CEO Sanjay Aggarwal , were in the US negotiating for a deal with IAE. The US safety regulator, Federal Aviation Administrator , had, in February, this year, called for a review of safety of IAE V2500, two-shaft turbofan engines which power the Airbus A320 family, as there were 39 reports of cracks which were developing in the drum of the engines due to a material failure. The FAA is still reviewing these technical issues.
03/11/10 Manisha Singhal/Economic Times

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