IndiGo gets more time to replace P&W engines
NEW DELHI : IndiGo, India’s largest domestic airline, has earned a reprieve with the aviation regulator extending a deadline to replace Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines on its Airbus A320neo aircraft by four months to 31 May, a senior government official said on Monday.
The move would help IndiGo temporarily avert what seemed an imminent grounding of a large number of planes for not meeting the previous deadline of 31 January. This would have caused capacity problems as the airline, controlled by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, commands around half of the country’s civil aviation market.
IndiGo will, however, have to procure 135 engines, according to plans submitted to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airbus, and P&W, said the official mentioned above requesting anonymity.
