Aircraft
Grounded Swiss Airbus A220s Start to Return to Service
The third Swiss A220 inflight shutdown within four months happened on the same route involved in the previous two incidents.
A Swiss Airbus A220-300 approaches Geneva Airport on October 14, 2019. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by FlugZüge)
A Swiss Airbus A220-300 approaches Geneva Airport on October 14, 2019. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by FlugZüge)

Swiss International Air Lines has returned to service the first of 29 Airbus A220s it grounded on Tuesday to conduct immediate inspections of their Pratt & Whitney PW1500G turbofans after the pilots of a London Heathrow-Geneva flight had to shut down one of the aircraft’s two engines in flight. In a written statement, the airline added that it expected a resumption of its schedule "in a largely regular manner" on Thursday. Tuesday's grounding forced the cancellation of some 100 flights and affected some 10,000 passengers.


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