Engines
Pratt & Whitney Details GTF Recovery Schedule
Company president Robert Leduc says knife-edge seal issue won’t prevent Pratt from achieving planned GTF 2018 production target
An aircraft operated by Indian carrier GoAir became the latest A320neo to suffer an in-flight shutdown of a Pratt & Whitney GTF engine as a result of a problematic knife-edge seal design. (Photo: Airbus)
An aircraft operated by Indian carrier GoAir became the latest A320neo to suffer an in-flight shutdown of a Pratt & Whitney GTF engine as a result of a problematic knife-edge seal design. (Photo: Airbus)

All 43 in-service PW1100G-JM geared-turbofan (GTF) engines undergoing modification by Pratt & Whitney following operating restrictions imposed on them by a February 9 EASA emergency airworthiness directive will return to the air by the end of April, according to PW president Robert Leduc.


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