Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)

By Adrian Schofield
The Philippine flag-carrier has four of its eight Airbus A321neos grounded because of maintenance backlogs for Pratt & Whitney GTF engines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The Budapest-based ULCC says it is extending leases, driving higher utilization and leaning on new deliveries to offset the impact of the GTF groundings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines also says its fleet product revamp is one of the major factors in why the flag-carrier has not returned to 100% capacity.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Backed by recent major orders for the type, Airbus has decided monthly output of its most important widebody will increase to 10 aircraft per month in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
Carriers told they will need to own a higher ratio of new narrowbody spare engines than they did in the past.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
As well as consolidating flights, Air New Zealand will pause two international connections from April: service from Auckland to Seoul and to Hobart, Australia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Keith Mwanalushi
Airlines, lessors, MROs, OEMs and parts traders are facing a sliding scale of challenges in the engine aftermarket.
Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Engine inspections to begin in January 2024 will take place in phases, and 25 aircraft will be taken out of service in the January-February period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The upcoming round of inspections will see a peak of 650 A320neos on the ground.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Carsten Spohr has been CEO at Lufthansa Group, a company that includes Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and regional carriers, since 2014.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Engine removals caused a higher-than-normal cancellation rate for Hawaiian early in the third quarter, CEO Peter Ingram said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Pratt & Whitney is targeting late 2023 for publishing the next phase of its PW1100G inspection program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
The Mexican low-cost carrier operates around 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft all operated by GTF engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Commercial, military and advanced sustainability propulsion technology programs underpin ITP Aero growth plans following Rolls-Royce spin-off.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
KLM Cityhopper is pressing Pratt & Whitney for detailed engine MRO plans to avoid possible grounding of aircraft in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Rob Hall
High parts demand and low USM supply are causing parts shortages that are increasing shop visit and component repair turnaround times.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The airline’s engineering and maintenance organization will have disassembly, assembly and test capabilities for the GTF engine in Taiwan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
With an average of 350 Airbus A320neos expected to be grounded at any given time in 2024-26, A320ceos and older Boeing 737s will need to fly longer.
Services & Support

By Kurt Hofmann
Aiming to hike capacity by 10% for 2024, Swiss International Air Lines will bring its last remaining stored Airbus A320s back from Amman, Jordan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Speaking at MRO Asia-Pacific, Christopher Rodrigues of SMBC Aero Engine Lease said the short-term priority is to ensure engine quantity over quality.
Services & Support

By Lee Ann Shay, James Pozzi
Tune in as Aviation Week experts break down critical talking points from the Aero-Engines Europe conference in Madrid.
MRO Podcast

By Sean Broderick
Pratt’s latest figures have about 140 engines coming off wing by October, followed by 600 or so in the next 6-7 months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Accelerated checks of PW1100G geared turbofans are underway, increasing fleet availability pain for many A320neo operators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Daniel Williams
With Aviation Week’s MRO Asia-Pacific starting next week, this week’s #FlightFriday looks at indexed flight hours for Asia-Pacific, China and India.
MRO Asia

By Helen Massy-Beresford
AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss tells Aviation Daily that issues with its Airbus A220s' PW1500G engines are subsiding.
Airlines & Lessors