Pratt & Whitney PW1000G (GTF)

With the opening of a new MRO shop for the Pratt & Whitney engine and upping of on-site testing capacity, SR Technics expects a gradual ramp-up of shop visits.

CEO Eva Azoulay discusses looking to the aftermarket as a growth pillar following the company’s 2022 divestment from Rolls-Royce.

Even as its overall engine situation improves, airBaltic plans to make use of up to five wet-leased aircraft over the winter season.

Talk of a pilot shortage has softened, but the need persists to increase opportunities to ensure a steady flow of qualified candidates.

The Latvian carrier has committed maintenance of its PW1500 engines to the OEM for 17 years per engine.

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.

Swiss MRO outfit SR Technics is now the 17th active repair shop in the GTF network and will conduct full disassembly, assembly and testing on PW1100G-JM engines.

Embraer is encouraging customers of its E2 family of small narrowbody jets that operate in hot and dusty environments to hold off on deliveries.

Current figures show about 670 PW1000G-powered Airbus A220s, A320neo-family, and Embraer E-Jets on the ground for at least 30 days—a 6% increase since Aug. 1

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

Zurich-based Embraer E2 operator Helvetic Airways sees itself better positioned compared to wet-lease operators with older generation aircraft.

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

The newest PW1000G network shop comes online at a key time for the geared turbofan program.

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

SIA Engineering Co. expects growth in the Asia-Pacific region and artificial intelligence to accelerate business opportunities.

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.

Prolonged grounding of its Airbus A320neo fleet has brought HK Express into the red for the first half of 2024.

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

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.

The engine-maker’s plan for managing unscheduled geared turbofan inspections is going as expected, but disruptions continue to dog affected operators.

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

MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.

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.

JetBlue Airways will defer 44 Airbus A321neos to 2030 and beyond.

TUI fly Belgium has grounded all three of its Embraer E195-E2s because of oil consumption issues.