Qatar Air threatens to cancel Pratt & Whitney order
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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Qatar Air threatens to cancel Pratt & Whitney order
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/>
