Wizz Air Abu Dhabi To Wait For GTF Upgrade Before Starting A321XLR Ops

Wizz Air GTF
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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will not launch Airbus A321XLR operations until 2026, when crucial upgrades should have been made to the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney GTF engine. “We need to make sure that we have the right engines for the 'harsh' Abu Dhabi environment. We expect that to happen in 2026,“ a Wizz Air...
Kurt Hofmann

Kurt Hofmann has been writing on the airline industry for 25 years. He appears frequently on Austrian, Swiss and German television and broadcasting…

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