Industry news out today trumpets a potential delivery shortfall by Airbus on their A320neo program, aiming specifically at those powered by the Pratt & Whitney GTF. While the story doesn’t say anything about the source – we have reason to…
Today Airbus announced that this Himalayan airline has ordered an A320neo (LEAP). The airline also has three A319s in service. this airline operates in a challenging environment as the image below shows. Airbus notes the “CFM Leap-1A26E1 engines optimized for…
The Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan has had a difficult introduction, with several problems on the PW1100G powering the Airbus A320neo. The latest problem involves the aft hub knife edge seal within the high pressure compressor, which has resulted in-flight…
The emergency airworthiness directive issued Friday for knife-edge seals on Pratt & Whitney GTF engines on the A320neo family covers 43 engines post serial number 777450 that are active in the Airbus fleet. The AD today has grounded at least…
EASA today issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive related to Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan engines on A320neo family aircraft. That AD can be found here, Apparently, several rejected take offs (RTO) and in flight shut downs (IFSD) have occurred…
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