Airlines on track to meet P&W engine replacement deadline
NEW DELHI : IndiGo and GoAir have replaced bulk of the glitch-prone Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines powering their Airbus A320neo planes and are on track to meet a May-end deadline for completing the upgrade mandated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Each Airbus A320neo plane is powered by two P&W engines. At present, only IndiGo and Wadia Group-owned GoAir operate these aircraft in India.
India’s largest domestic carrier IndiGo, which has 106 A320neo planes in its fleet, will replace all 212 older engines with modified engines by May-end, thus bringing down chances of on-air snags, a senior DGCA official said.
