Two major European operators of Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofans have highlighted the impact prolonged engine maintenance delays are having on their reputations and bottom lines.

The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G family was launched in 2008 and has a variety of engines for regional and narrowbody jets. The PW1700G and PW1900G are designed exclusively for Embraer E-Jet E2 family ...

Porter Aircraft Leasing, a subsidiary of Canada’s Porter Aviation Holdings, has agreed to the sale-leaseback of four Pratt & Whitney engines ... recall of its PW1000G engines, which are one ...

which can cause cracks in parts of the PW1000G engines. This has led to engines returning for repair earlier than anticipated, placing strain on some GTF operators. Pratt & Whitney outlined plans ...

Ryanair has broken ground on a new, four-bay airframe maintenance hangar at Dublin Airport and is considering a move to ...

The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G family was launched in 2008 and has a variety of engines for regional and narrowbody jets. The PW1700G and PW1900G are designed exclusively for Embraer E-Jet E2 family, ...

While commercial aircraft manufacturing is dominated by two big players, Boeing and Airbus, the engine industry has a similarly small playing field. Four big companies make up 99% of the global aero ...

These engines succeed the CFM56 engine and compete with the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engine. They power the Boeing 737 MAX family and the Airbus A320neo family (as well as China's COMAC C919).

The notice comes just weeks after several hundred Pratt & Whitney machinists, on furlough for the day, rallied outside the ...