GTF powder metal issue will have limited effect on A220 and E2-fleets
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Airlines brace themselves for GTF impact on schedules
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GTF powder metal issue keeps P&W busy well through 2026
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Material anomaly requires more Geared Turbofan inspections
The FAA is to release a new Airworthiness Directive on August 22 that requires additional inspections of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM. This follows the analysis of an incident on an Airbus A320neo in December last year. The issue is related…
MTU predicts 1.000 GTF deliveries for the A320neo in 2024
Deliveries of Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines for the Airbus A320neo family alone should reach 1.000 per year in 2024 and even 1.200 to 1.300 engines from 2027 through 2030. Until the end of this decade, over 10.000 GTF…
Happy birthday GTF – the first five troubled years (part 1)
It’s been a milestone without much fanfare except for a few tweets, but Pratt & Whitney has had something to celebrate recently: on January 25, the Geared Turbofan (GTF) has been in commercial service for five years on the Airbus A320neo.…