18Feb, 25 JetBlue’s GTF engines off-wing for average of 360 days amid widespread aircraft groundings | News
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JetBlue Airways reports that it takes roughly one year on average for its Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines to return to service once taken off-wing for inspections and repairs.
Long beset by double-digit numbers of grounded A321neos powered by PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines, New York-based JetBlue shared insight into how long individual engines are held out of service in a 14 February filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
“The company currently expects each removed engine to take approximately 360 …