Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
The Middle East, as the crucible for challenging durability and performance conditions, is the focus for ongoing dust ingestion engine tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Keith Mwanalushi
Airbus and ATR are deploying new strategies to address Africa’s chronic spare parts shortage.
Supply Chain

By Alex Derber
New generation narrowbody engines are unlikely to match the durability of their predecessors within the next five years, engine lessor ELFC's COO says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
European ULCC Wizz Air says that a fleet of 500 aircraft is necessary to be relevant in the aviation business.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air has temporarily grounded two of its five Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF)-powered Airbus A321XLRs to use their engines for other A321neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alex Derber
The Wizz Air CEO has reminded investors of the tradeoffs associated with new engine technologies such as the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Embraer is seeing “big improvements” in turn times and availability of PW1900G engine spares and expresses confidence that there will be no GTF-related aircraft on ground (AOG) cases after 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
ITA Airways is preparing a lawsuit against engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney after ITA was forced to ground twice as many aircraft as expected this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris, Christine Boynton
Pratt earns EASA certification for a PW1100G durability improvement thrust rating change which will enable the use of reduced climb thrust on the A320neo family
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
A “high proportion” of GTF in-shop turnaround times are now under 120 days, says Rick Deurloo, president of Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay, Sean Broderick, James Pozzi
Editors discuss the status of engine workshops and material availability, two years into the PW1000G inspection looking for parts containing powder metal.
MRO Podcast

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney is confident that steps it is taking will cut AOG incidents on the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 fleets to near zero by the end of 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Aegean is marking two years since its cost structure was first affected by mandatory early inspections on the PW1000G GTF engines of its A320/321neo fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Wizz Air is preparing for a slower expansion through 2033: adjusting its orderbook, selling aircraft and prepping for engine groundings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines is still working on details with engine manufacturer CFM International as it works to finalize the purchase of up to 150 more Boeing 737 MAXs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christian Albertson
More than half of the region’s MRO demand over the next decade will come from engine services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
The carbon analysis looks at the effects of recent groundings of GTF-powered aircraft at Swiss International Air Lines and Cebu Pacific.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Kurt Hofmann
Swiss International Air Lines has decided to ground its fleet of nine Airbus A220-100s for at least 18 months as issues with their GTF engines continue.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Mike Szucs, the CEO of Cebu Pacific, has highlighted the mounting financial strains arising from the grounding of its A320neos powered by Pratt & Whitney GTFs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Executives at Volaris believe the number of aircraft on ground (AOG) stemming from issues related to Pratt GTF engines should resolve by the end of 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Daniel Williams
Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000G geared turbofan inspection program continues to track as forecasted, with signs that MRO throughput is improving.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Swiss International Air Lines expects issues with the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G (GTF) engines that power its Airbus A220-100 and -300 fleet to continue through the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Wizz Air's CFO shared an update on the airline's “extremely frustrating” A320neo fleet situation that he expects to run all through 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Four A320neos, formerly operated by Go First and currently owned by parts trading specialist AerFin, have been dismantled and recycled by Tarmac Aerosave.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
Following a deal earlier in the week with Aercap to reject 27 Neos, Spirit is also seeking to reject 87 A320ceo and neo-family aircraft from a multitude of other lessors.
Aircraft & Propulsion