Airbus A320 Engine Fix Won't Come for Months, Lufthansa Says
- CEO Spohr says airline will be ‘on its own’ until November
- Neo customers are having to wait in line for new powerplants
An Airbus A320neo passenger jet
Photographer: Eric Cabanis/AFP via Getty Images
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Engine glitches that have disrupted Airbus SE A320neo jet operations around the world may take at least three more months to resolve amid a scarcity of upgraded turbines, according to comments from one of the planemaker’s biggest customers, Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
Fixes for the snags afflicting the geared turbofan, or GTF, powerplant made by United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney unit and its partners won’t immediately filter through to the Lufthansa fleet, according to the German carrier’s chief executive officer, Carsten Spohr.