India’s largest airline IndiGo on Tuesday said that around 80 of its aircraft could be grounded between January to March to next year due to ongoing issues with Pratt & Whitney engines that is used in Airbus A320 and 321 aircraft. The airline, however said that it remains confident in meeting its long-term capacity guidance which it said will be north of mid-teens.
“We have recently received additional information from Pratt & Whitney and based on our preliminary assessment of this, we anticipate Aircraft on Ground in the range of mid-thirties in the fourth quarter Jan-Mar2024 due to accelerated engine removals. These groundings will be incremental to the current ones,” IndiGo said in a late night statement on Tuesday. The airline already has 45 planes on ground due to the engine issue.
