Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)

This year has breathed new life into older equipment as airlines have tried to mitigate new aircraft delivery delays, supply chain and labor bottlenecks, and the durability problems of new engines.

Swiss cannot reduce the number of wet-leased aircraft it planned to operate in summer 2024 and must invest further to increase punctuality.

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

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.

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.

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.

Carriers told they will need to own a higher ratio of new narrowbody spare engines than they did in the past.

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, MROs, OEMs and parts traders are facing a sliding scale of challenges in the engine aftermarket.

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.

The upcoming round of inspections will see a peak of 650 A320neos on the ground.

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

Engine removals caused a higher-than-normal cancellation rate for Hawaiian early in the third quarter, CEO Peter Ingram said.

Pratt & Whitney is targeting late 2023 for publishing the next phase of its PW1100G inspection program.

The Mexican low-cost carrier operates around 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft all operated by GTF engines.

Commercial, military and advanced sustainability propulsion technology programs underpin ITP Aero growth plans following Rolls-Royce spin-off.

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

High parts demand and low USM supply are causing parts shortages that are increasing shop visit and component repair turnaround times.

The airline’s engineering and maintenance organization will have disassembly, assembly and test capabilities for the GTF engine in Taiwan.

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.

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

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

Tune in as Aviation Week experts break down critical talking points from the Aero-Engines Europe conference in Madrid.

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

Accelerated checks of PW1100G geared turbofans are underway, increasing fleet availability pain for many A320neo operators.