Swiss Puts A220s Back in Service After Engine Forces Grounding
- Carrier diverted London-Geneva flight to land in Paris Tuesday
- Airline sees operations returning to normal on Thursday
A Swiss Airbus A220.
Photographer: Nicolas Economou/Getty Images
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Swiss airline is resuming flights with its fleet of Airbus SE A220 jets after grounding them Tuesday following a “serious” engine problem that forced a London-Geneva service to land in Paris.
The carrier, the world’s biggest operator of the narrow-body aircraft, said it canceled about 100 flights in order to carry out inspections of the Pratt & Whitney engines. Some A220s have returned to the air following successful checks, and full operations are expected to resume on Thursday, Swiss said in a statement. The company canceled 19 flights on Wednesday.