Face of Nation : Aviation regulator Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation or DGCA known as an pressing assembly with Indigo and GoAir right now to evaluation the efficiency of the Airbus Neo plane of their fleets. In accordance with sources, the problems associated to the A320 Neo plane”s Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine – which each the airways haves been dealing with for years – might be mentioned on the assembly.
The 2 finances carriers have been dealing with glitches within the P&W engine that powers a lot of their A320 planes. The Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has additionally requested P&W to produce spare engines to the airways to expedite the method of changing the previous engines.
At the moment, there are round 400 A320 neo planes flying with the previous engines worldwide. Out of those, 120 to 130 plane are flown by IndiGo and GoAir, the sources advised information company PTI.
IndiGo has 79 A320 neos, 5 A321 neos, 134 A320s and 18 ATRs in its fleet of 236 plane. GoAir operates 35 A320 neos and 16 A320s.
The P&W engine-powered A320 neo planes within the fleets of the 2 airways have been dealing with glitches each mid-air and on-ground since their induction method again in 2016, which has additionally led to grounding of some planes.
