Pratt & Whitney PW1000

Austrian Technik Bratislava’s CEO on growth plans and challenges moving into 2024.

More airlines are now guiding for the impact the problem as more details of the inspection regime are revealed.

Aftermarket stakeholders anticipate a surge in demand for PW1100 and PW1500G engine stands, which could prompt a shortage.

Europe’s airline executives are watching the evolving travel trends closely for clues on how demand will play out in 2024.

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.

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.

However, the airline continues to watch developments closely as it prepares to nearly double its E2 fleet over the next year.

Tune in as experts discuss the latest updates around the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine fixes and the continuing AOG Technics undocumented parts saga.

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.

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.

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