A large number of Airbus passenger jets will need to have their engines removed and inspected in the coming months after engine maker Pratt & Whitney discovered a problem that could cause parts to wear out more quickly, potentially adding to stress on airlines during the remainder of a hectic summer travel season. Shares of Pratt & Whitney parent RTX Corp. fell 11 per cent Tuesday afternoon after the company disclosed the issue. RTX said that a rare condition in powder metal used to manufacture certain parts made between late 2015 and mid-2021 will require speeded-up fleet inspections. The engine involved is most often used to power the Airbus A320neo, a midsize jet popular for short and medium-distance flights. The company said it expects that about 200 of Pratt PW1100 engines will need to be pulled off and inspected by mid-September, and another 1,000 engines will need inspections in the next nine to 12 months. Many Airbus A320 family jets use engines from CFM, but nearly ...
The company expects its civil aviation business to clock revenues of Rs 100 crore in the current fiscal year, making up 35 per cent of Godrej's total revenues
The A321neo is the largest version of the A320 series of jets, which was relaunched with new engines in 2010 just in time for a boom in demand stoked partly by low interest rates
The A320neo has a range of 6,300 kilometers, whereas the A321neo aircraft type has a range of up to 8,700 kilometers
IndiGo says it is largest ever single aircraft order placed by any airline with Airbus.
IndiGo and Airbus announced a purchase agreement earlier this week for 500 A320 family aircraft, making it one of the largest aircraft purchases by an airline in civil aviation history
The purchase agreements were signed on the sidelines of the ongoing Paris Air Show
That deal, sketched in February, was at the time the largest ever announced by number of planes. But it was surpassed on day one of Paris show by rival IndiGo's order for 500 Airbus narrowbody jets
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Tuesday termed the IndiGo Airlines order for a staggering 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft as another landmark in the country's aviation industry
Morgan Stanley has maintained its 'Overweight' rating on the stock post the acquisition, with a target of Rs 3,126
The 500-jet Airbus purchase unveiled by IndiGo extends the backlog at India's largest carrier to about 1,000 undelivered aircraft
With this new order, since its inception in 2006, IndiGo has ordered a total of 1,330 aircraft with Airbus
The value of IndiGo's order, at the list price of the A320Neo family aircraft, will be around $500 billion
The launch on these popular routes is timed to coincide with the upcoming Diwali season.
Airbus delivered 63 aircraft in May, up 34% from the same month last year, bringing its total for the year to 244 jets, the company said on Wednesday, confirming Reuters reports.
European aviation major Airbus on Tuesday said it will offer DGCA-approved drone pilot training courses in India. The five-day certificate courses, designed for micro and small category drones, will commence at the Airbus Training Centre in Bengaluru on June 26, Airbus said in a statement. The programme will include both theory and flying lessons that will boost the knowledge of aspiring drone pilots and deepen capabilities in the fast-developing drone sector in India, it said. Building on Airbus' growing presence in delivering pilot and maintenance training in India, a broadening of the scope into drone training is a demonstration of the company's commitment to supporting the upskilling of India's aviation infrastructure development, Laurie Alder, Head of Customer Services at Airbus India and South Asia, said. According to the company, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)-approved Airbus instructors will provide theoretical training covering topics such as drone rules,
IndiGo Chief Executive Pieter Elbers, attending the annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association in Istanbul, declined to comment on commercial matters
Airbus and Boeing are also competing in talks to sell 25 wide-body jets to the same airline, they said
Remi Maillard said on Thursday at the curtain raiser event of 'Wings India 2024' here in the national capital that, "now the past couple of weeks have been somewhat depressing
Amid concerns of lessors in the wake of Go First insolvency proceedings, aircraft maker Airbus on Thursday said the industry hopes the government will expedite the alignment of domestic laws with international conventions and treaties. With the initiation of insolvency resolution proceedings for Go First following the crisis-hit airline's plea and subsequent moratorium, lessors are unable to take back their aircraft leased to the carrier. Against this backdrop, President and Managing Director of Airbus India and South Asia Remi Maillard mentioned the alignment of domestic laws with international conventions. "The industry hopes the government will expedite the alignment of domestic laws with international conventions and treaties...," Maillard said. He is also the Chairman of industry body Ficci's civil aviation committee. So far this month, lessors have approached the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the deregistration of 45 Go First planes and five SpiceJet plane