More Indian neo news
Seeing the title, readers were no doubt expecting more P&W related news, right? Well, there is news along those lines. As we have noted before the largest proportion of the A320neo fleet is in India. So this where the industry…
Category Airbus A320 NEO
An Update: GTF Engine from Pratt & Whitney
AirInsight attended Pratt & Whitney’s media day. Here’s what’s new regarding the GTF and their commercial engine business given the initial ramp-up and entry into service difficulties. The company is making positive progress, but not as fast as Airbus and…
GTF Update
P&W provided us with this release on their GTF engine: “Pratt & Whitney’s carbon seal improvement package received certification April 12 and is being deployed to our customers. These changes are designed to improve the carbon seal’s durability for PW1100G-JM…
An Analysis of A320neo Flight Operations through February 2017
We undertook a review of A320neo flight operations. There were 71 A320neo aircraft in operation at the end of February. An analysis of the 28,105 flights scheduled provides some interesting insights. With recent news reports suggesting difficulties with engines, we…
Air India gets its first A320neo
Air India took delivery of its first of 14 A320neos leased from Kuwait-based ALAFCO. Air India is the first CFM powered A320neo operator in India. This delivery is the first A320neo for ALAFCO from an order for 85. The A320neo…
Tianjin’s first A320neo
Airbus Final Assembly Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China, starts assembly of its first A320neo in July and plans to deliver it to an Asian customer in September 2017. The Chinese plant, a joint venture between Airbus and Chinese partners based…