NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday allowed IndiGo to wet lease (lease with operating crew) 11 narrow body Airbus A320 family aircraft for three months.
The low cost carrier is planning to lease over 20 planes as Pratt & Whitney (PW) has warned upto 700 of its engines for the A320neo aircraft will need to be examined in the next three years globally, leading to several planes required to be grounded.
Since IndiGo is the largest A320 operator in the world, it is trying to lease as many as possible older gen A320ceos that are not impacted by the latest in PW’s unending woes for its geared turbofan (GTF) A320neo engines.
