JetBlue Says Delayed Planes, Engine Woes Constraining Growth
- Carrier to get fewer aircraft than planned in 2023 and 2024
- Planes ordered, ‘but they’re all coming late’: CEO Hayes
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JetBlue Airways Corp. says the biggest hindrance to the carrier’s growth are continued delays in aircraft deliveries and planes that it’s forced to park waiting for engines or repairs.
The airline has said it will get just 19 new Airbus SE aircraft this year, instead of the 30 it originally expected. And July’s discovery of problems with some Pratt & Whitney parts affects some JetBlue engines that will have to be taken off planes by the middle of this month.