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Alaska Air Group would be an ideal buyer and operator of Embraer’s new E2 regional jet, the Brazilian jet maker’s top airplane salesman said.
Embraer Commercial Aircraft’s vice president of marketing, rodrigo Silva e Souza, made the remarks as he spoke to reporters at Embraer’s facility at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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Embraer Pitches New E2 Regional Jet
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd expects at least a six-month delay in deliveries of new Airbus SE (AIR.SE) A320neo jets due to issues with engines made by Pratt & Whitney, according to an internal memo issued by the airline.
The budget carrier has grounded one plane in Hong Kong until May due to a lack of spare engines after the jet made a mid-air turn-back due to engine issues last month, said a person with knowledge of the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly and so declined to be identified.
Another one of its five A320neos remains on the ground at the Airbus final assembly line site in Hamburg and has yet to be delivered to Hong Kong because one of its engines needs a fix, according to a memo to pilots seen by Reuters on Thursday.
The U.S. aviation regulator on Wednesday said the engines from Pratt & Whitney – a unit of United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) – posed a potential shutdown risk, in a formal warning that followed similar action by European regulators on Feb. 9.
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, owned by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INGL.NS), said on Feb. 10 it had grounded three jets due to issues with Pratt & Whitney engines.
Pratt & Whitney’s priority is to obtain replacement engines for all of the affected jets globally, said the Hong Kong Express memo, the contents of which were first reported by the South China Morning Post earlier on Thursday.
The memo said that could take months, while new A320neos on the production line could be delayed for “six months or more”.
Because replacement engines will need testing, Hong Kong Express is “seriously considering” not introducing any new A320neos into its fleet until next year at the earliest, the memo said.
Representatives of Hong Kong Express – part-owned by HNA Group Co Ltd – were not immediately available for comment. The South China Morning Post reported that Hong Kong Express said the memo had been issued to provide relevant details about the fleet and operations to its cockpit crew.
Airbus on Thursday said it was assessing the impact the engine issue would have on 2018 deliveries.
Pratt & Whitney did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The engine maker on Monday said it would discuss the potential affect of the problem on 2018 engine production after regulators respond to its proposed fix. (Story by Jamie Freed)
Airbus said almost a third of its Pratt & Whitney-powered A320neo aircraft are affected by a new engine glitch that has forced the European planemaker to halt some deliveries of the popular narrowbody jet.
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Delta Air Lines has come to terms with Airbus for a firm order of 100 new A321NEO aircraft, plus options for up to an additional 100 airplanes. Deliveries are set to begin in 2020, and will be used to replace older, less fuel efficient aircraft. Delta will outfit the new aircraft with a total of 197 seats, including 20 in First Class, 30 in Delta Comfort+, and 147 in economy. The new Airbus aircraft will be powered by fuel efficient Pratt & Whitney geared-turbofan engines. The customer experience will feature on-demand inflight entertainment, Wi-Fi, and power ports at each seat. The cabin will feature full spectrum LED cabin lighting, and new bookshelf-style overhead bins that are 25% bigger than the previous Airbus bins. Deliveries are scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2020, and run through 2023.
Delta also announced that its Delta TechOps Center will become a major maintenance, repair, and overhaul center for the Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100G and PW1500G engines. Pratt & Whitney engines will power both the A321NEO and Bombardier CSeries aircraft that Delta has on order. Deliveries of the new A320NEO family have been severly disrupted this year due to the availability of these latest generation engines from the factory. Airbus had previously announced that its earnings took a hit due to delays in receiving the engines for the A320NEO aircraft type. Airbus has since increased the pressure on engine supplier Pratt & Whitney, which is a unit of United Technologies.
Boeing, which lost out on this order with an offering of its latest generation 737-MAX aircraft, may have been hampered by its decision to object to a sale of Bombardier CSeries aircraft to Delta. Following the Boeing claim that the CSeries received unfair state aid from Canada, the U.S. government levied a 300% tariff on those airplanes. Delta has since vowed not to pay the tariff, and has held talks with its partner Aeromexico about taking delivery of those aircraft. Since that airline is based in Mexico, transferring the order to Aeromexico would circumvent the government tariffs.
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