Aircraft
Several IndiGo A320neos Sitting Idle Due to GTF Glitches
Pratt & Whitney still struggling to deliver upgraded engines to Indian carrier
Pratt & Whitney PW1100Gs powering Airbus A320neos in India, such as those at IndiGo, have faced a disproportionate level of scrutiny due to such problems as a design flaw in the knife edge seals in the engines' HPC aft hub. (Photo: Airbus)
Pratt & Whitney PW1100Gs powering Airbus A320neos in India, such as those at IndiGo, have faced a disproportionate level of scrutiny due to such problems as a design flaw in the knife edge seals in the engines' HPC aft hub. (Photo: Airbus)

Indian low-fare carrier IndiGo, one of Airbus’s biggest A320 family customers and the first A320neo operator in India and Asia, now has at least seven neos sitting idle following technical hitches with the airplanes’ Pratt & Whitney PW1100 geared turbofan engines. Since IndiGo’s contract includes replacement of the full engine, slow deliveries from Pratt & Whitney continue to hamper its efforts to place the airplanes into service while the engine maker concentrates on deliveries for newly parked neos in queue for the powerplants at Airbus’s plant in Toulouse.


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