Pratt & Whitney

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is changing how manufacturers demonstrate engines and nacelles can adequately withstand failures, but the process will take time.
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 Michael Bruno
RTX leaders sought to snuff out financial concerns over its ongoing GTF engine problems Oct. 23 as they unveiled relatively expected financial results.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Pratt and Whitney’s PW1000G-family inspection program is stabilizing and will soon include engines that power the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
New aircraft concepts offer hope for airlines struggling with high fuel prices—and for Boeing in its quest to remain commercially relevant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Pratt & Whitney is targeting late 2023 for publishing the next phase of its PW1100G inspection program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Europe will generate 24% of the projected global total MRO spend of $1.2 trillion from 2024-2023, Aviation Week’s new Commercial Fleet and MRO Forecast shows.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Daniel Williams
Groundings of Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A320neos are climbing fast.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
The Mexican low-cost carrier operates around 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft all operated by GTF engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Delta Air Lines is anticipating the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G accelerated inspection program will have minimal impact on its Airbus A321neo fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
KLM Cityhopper is pressing Pratt & Whitney for detailed engine MRO plans to avoid possible grounding of aircraft in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
The conference explored issues with the Pratt & Whitney GTF and CFM International Leap and the outlook for the engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Use of the technology readiness level model for production is being reexamined.
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi
Enrique Robledo, appointed chief technical officer in February, discusses finding third-party maintenance work and managing capacity.
Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
While there were no lockdowns keeping people from traveling, 2023 again turned out to be far from routine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
As airlines scramble for capacity, lessors enjoy much higher rates and predict the good times are here to stay.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Avolon CEO Andy Cronin spoke to Aviation Daily on the sidelines of the recent ISTAT Europe, Middle East and Africa conference in London.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The airline’s engineering and maintenance organization will have disassembly, assembly and test capabilities for the GTF engine in Taiwan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
CEOs of large aircraft leasing companies are bullish about their sector’s outlook, despite much higher interest rates and continuing supply chain disruptions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine woes have raised some big questions about how airlines will cope with related groundings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The mandate requires more frequent inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000-series low-pressure compressor fan hubs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Sales and strategy expert Christian Scherer to run Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Turkish Airlines expects to ground 11-12 Airbus A320neo family aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines by the end of 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
An interdisciplinary group of industry and academia have formed the Zero Impact Aviation Alliance (ZIAA) to move the needle on sustainable aviation goals.
Aircraft & Propulsion