Pratt & Whitney PW1000

By Lori Ranson
The Montreal-based airline currently has three aircraft affected, and the total number should reach five or six by the end of its fiscal 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian Technik Bratislava’s CEO on growth plans and challenges moving into 2024.
MRO

By Alex Derber
More airlines are now guiding for the impact the problem as more details of the inspection regime are revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Keith Mwanalushi
Aftermarket stakeholders anticipate a surge in demand for PW1100 and PW1500G engine stands, which could prompt a shortage.
Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe’s airline executives are watching the evolving travel trends closely for clues on how demand will play out in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The UK LCC's all CFM-powered fleet means it is “unaffected” by Pratt & Whitney engine issues that are set to impact operators over the coming months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo
Embraer’s CEO has an ambitious plan to nearly double sales by 2030, but the company will need to sell more E-Jets to get there.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
However, the airline continues to watch developments closely as it prepares to nearly double its E2 fleet over the next year.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi, Daniel Williams, Sean Broderick
Tune in as experts discuss the latest updates around the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine fixes and the continuing AOG Technics undocumented parts saga.
MRO Podcast

By Sash Tusa
Launch of the stretched A220 earlier than 2026 would free production slots for the higher-margin A321 and A321XLR variants—but a few hurdles stand in the way.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

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