Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)

By Kurt Hofmann
Aegean Airlines reports positive Q2 results, despite Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan challenges forcing the grounding of several of its A320neo-family aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Zurich-based Embraer E2 operator Helvetic Airways sees itself better positioned compared to wet-lease operators with older generation aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
As airlines struggle with hundreds of out-of-service aircraft, Pratt & Whitney is working to ease the inevitable pain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The newest PW1000G network shop comes online at a key time for the geared turbofan program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
Flight Friday looks at cycles (flights) of some select engines that power narrowbody passenger aircraft in Europe.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
SIA Engineering Co. expects growth in the Asia-Pacific region and artificial intelligence to accelerate business opportunities.
Workforce & Training

By Jens Flottau
AirBaltic has converted options for 10 additional Airbus A220-300s as the airline seeks to lay the groundwork for further growth toward the end of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Prolonged grounding of its Airbus A320neo fleet has brought HK Express into the red for the first half of 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Investors remain bullish about the aerospace and defense giant RTX despite ongoing travails with Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways is supporting IndiGo with Boeing 737-8 capacity as the Indian ULCC has grounded over 70 Airbus A320neos due to the Pratt GTF engine inspections.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The engine-maker’s plan for managing unscheduled geared turbofan inspections is going as expected, but disruptions continue to dog affected operators.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Wizz Air posted a dramatic drop in quarterly net profit, citing the airline’s ongoing impact from geared turbofan (GTF) engine-related aircraft groundings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Perhaps it is a good sign that Howmet is raising its baseline expectations of 737 shipsets to Boeing by 10% coming out of the Farnborough International Airshow.
Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways will defer 44 Airbus A321neos to 2030 and beyond.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
TUI fly Belgium has grounded all three of its Embraer E195-E2s because of oil consumption issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Embraer subsidiary OGMA has opened a new Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine shop that it expects to triple revenues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The company is confident it is on pace to meet demand for new aircraft and improve turnaround times on engines undergoing mandatory service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
The trend for OEM service agreements being attached to new aircraft and engine orders continued at Farnborough Airshow.
Farnborough Airshow

By Lori Ranson
Volaris is expressing cautious optimism in Pratt & Whitney’s handling of the geared turbofan (GTF) engine crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Ferneyhough
Pratt & Whitney has secured an order from Avolon for the PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power 80 Airbus A320neos.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
The low-cost model remains promising in Latin America, but U.S. budget carriers continue to struggle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Pratt says SMBC Aviation Capital—one of the largest lessors for GTF-powered Airbus A320neo-family aircraft—has exercised options for a further 22 firm orders.
Farnborough Airshow

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
As Pratt & Whitney works hard to optimize the GTF, orders for A320neos equipped with the engine have slowed compared to CFM's Leap.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air expects to have another 45 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft grounded in 2025 due to inspections of their Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines.
Airlines & Lessors