NEW DELHI : Aircraft engine maker Pratt and Whitney (P&W) has roped in Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to domestic carriers such as IndiGo and GoAir. “AIESL will service PW1100G-JM engines at its facility in Mumbai,” the company said in a statement on Thursday.
The PW1100G-JM geared turbofan (GTF) engine powers five aircraft platforms, which include the Airbus A220, the Airbus A320neo family and the Embraer E190-E2 that are already in commercial service and the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Irkut MC-21 aircraft undergoing flight testing. IndiGo and GoAir, the two Indian operators of A320neo planes with P&W engines, have faced several snags with the engines.
