Pratt and Whitney

Amid ongoing issues with Pratt & Whitney’s GTF engines, JetBlue expects to ground more Airbus A220 and A321neo aircraft next year.

Ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit canceled its plans to serve Tulum’s brand-new airport starting in March 2024, citing Pratt and Whitney engine issues.

Earlier this past week, engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney announced an extension to the period of time it would take to inspect turboshaft engines on the Airbus A320neo series aircraft. In July, it was announced that a period of approximately 60 days would be needed to inspect engines for contaminants in the engine core. However, […]

United Airlines said on Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared 52 of United’s Boeing 777-200 aircraft operating with Pratt & Whitney PW400 engines after over a year of standstill after the type was grounded following an accident in February 2021.  On Feb. 20, 2021, a fan blade inside a PW400 engine on a […]

JetBlue on Tuesday announced an agreement allowing the airline to exercise options to add an additional 30 Airbus A220 aircraft to its order book. The order brings the airline’s total to 100 A220s making it the largest operator of the type. The New York-based carrier announced its initial order for the A220 in July of […]

The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) issued a report taking a more aggressive approach to the industry’s net-zero emissions goal. The new goal is to get the industry to a complete net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Prior to this declaration, the industry was set on the goal of cutting CO2 emission by half of the […]