Aviation Week reports that Wizz Air “said an average of 45 of its Airbus A320neo-family aircraft will be grounded due to Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues as of mid-January 2024.” The carrier’s update “on the GTF groundings comes after it received a service bulletin Nov. 3; a grounding plan is being finalized.”
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Wizz Air May Reduce Capacity as Much as 10% from Pratt & Whitney Engine Issues
Aviation Week reports that Wizz Air “may need to reduce its capacity by 10% due to Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engine issues and increased engine removals.” The Hungary-based ULCC “has also begun to exchange several Airbus A321neos from its UAE joint venture Wizz Air Abu Dhabi with A321ceos.”
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Wizz Air Orders 75 More A321neos
Aviation Week reports that Wizz Air shareholders attending the carrier’s annual general meeting “have voted in favor of buying a further 75 Airbus A321neo family aircraft.” The firm order “takes Wizz Air’s total order for the largest variant of the Airbus single-aisle family to 434.”
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