Air Austral Airbus A220
Credit: Rob Finlayson
African regional airline Air Austral has announced it will retire its fleet of Airbus A220-300s after persistent technical problems with their Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) engines. The decision comes after four years of recurring reliability issues, with two of the airline’s three...
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