New Delhi: IndiGo and GoAir currently have just over 90 unmodified Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines on their Airbus A320 Neos that need to be replaced with modified ones by May 31, 2020, to keep flying after that. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday said it has received a firm schedule that IndiGo’s remaining 60 unmodified PW engines will be replaced in that deadline and the schedule for replacing GoAir’s remaining 32 unmodified PW engines is still awaited.
In all, IndiGo and GoAir will get 180 modified engines both as replacement on planes already in their fleet and on new A320/321 Neos delivered to them by May-end. While 90 of the modified engines were to come as new deliveries and replacement by February-end, the remaining half is expected by May 31. IndiGo at present has 106 Neos and GoAir has 43 Neos. Together the two Indian carriers have about 25% of the 585 A320 Neo family of aircraft with PW 1100 series engines, the official added.
“A total number of 56 (PW unmodified engine) failures (on A320 Neos) have been reported globally, out of which 26 failures — 22 by IndiGo and four by GoAir — have been reported by Indian carriers, amounting to about 46%,” said a senior DGCA official.
02/02/20 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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In all, IndiGo and GoAir will get 180 modified engines both as replacement on planes already in their fleet and on new A320/321 Neos delivered to them by May-end. While 90 of the modified engines were to come as new deliveries and replacement by February-end, the remaining half is expected by May 31. IndiGo at present has 106 Neos and GoAir has 43 Neos. Together the two Indian carriers have about 25% of the 585 A320 Neo family of aircraft with PW 1100 series engines, the official added.
“A total number of 56 (PW unmodified engine) failures (on A320 Neos) have been reported globally, out of which 26 failures — 22 by IndiGo and four by GoAir — have been reported by Indian carriers, amounting to about 46%,” said a senior DGCA official.
02/02/20 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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