Pratt engine woes grounded Go First planes for 17,000 days
Faults with engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney to Go Airlines India Ltd forced the budget carrier to keep part of its fleet of brand-new Airbus SE jets on the ground for a total of 17,244 days over the past three years, according to a legal filing in a Delaware court.
“There have been numerous, persistent, and continuing technical issues with the defective GTF Engines supplied by Pratt,” the carrier, which sought insolvency protection this week, said in a filing dated April 28. Pratt has failed to comply with an arbitration order in Singapore that mandated it to supply spare engines and parts to the airline,
