Qatar Airways has threatened to cancel an order for Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan engines for an order of 50 A320neo-family aircraft, saying the newly developed power-plants had "a lot of problems". Qatar was originally due to take the first delivery in December, but rejected the aircraft due to what it called an engine problem. The first plane went to Lufthansa instead. Qatar Airways CE Akbar Al Baker said: "There are a lot of things wrong with A320neo, with the engines. So we have refused to accept those airplanes. Let me be very clear: it is not the fault of Airbus. Airbus has delivered all their part, and as you know, no airplane can fly without an engine. And they have huge issues with the engine". Pratt has acknowledged teething problems on the engine but says they do not affect its 15% fuel saving. <br/>
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Shares of inflight internet service provider Gogo are plunging after a report that American Airlines may be looking to go elsewhere for inflight Wi-Fi. American has notified Gogo of a competitive offering from another company, according to a suit filed by the airline. The filing claims that American's contract with Gogo allows the airline to terminate or renegotiate the agreement if the airline is able to find better internet service with another provider. American is seeking a declaratory judgment from a judge to uphold that provision. "Gogo may respond with a proposal, and we will evaluate all of our options," American said. American indicated that the company may use ViaSat's inflight internet service instead. <br/>
Malaysia Airlines plans to begin heavily promoting Malaysia as an alternative holiday destination to Bali in the local market after having lost some of its Australian traffic by ending its popular flights to Paris and Amsterdam. "We will introduce our new airline in the months to come in Australia, really doing roadshows and demonstrating what we can offer to nice places like Kota Kinabalu and so forth," Malaysia Airlines CE Christoph Mueller said Monday. Malaysia Airlines ended its flights to Paris and Amsterdam last month, leaving London as its sole European destination as part of a strategy of returning the loss-making carrier, hit by two aircraft losses in 2014, to profitability. Mueller said Malaysia Airlines’ focus in the Australian market would now shift primarily on traffic going to Malaysia or other parts of Asia. <br/>
MH370 is weeks away from becoming aviation's biggest unsolved mystery since Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937. Of the three million components in the jet, only one has turned up - a barnacle-encrusted wing flap - on Reunion Island, thousands of miles from the search. There have been no traces of the 239 people on board, their luggage or even the life jackets that were supposed to float. Some of the world's most experienced search-and-rescue experts increasingly accept that the NZ$195m search may fail. Without fresh clues, the hunt should end about June, when 4 ships are due to finish combing the seas off western Australia. Nor are investigators any closer to ascertaining what happened inside the plane after it took off from Kuala Lumpur March 8, 2014, for Beijing. <br/>