No unplanned flight cancellations from PW1100G issues: IndiGo

IndiGo says it has not had any unplanned flight cancellations arising from on-going issues with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines that power its Airbus A320neos. The airline's comments follow media reports that it had cancelled 85 flights in the last week due to issues with the PW1100G powerplants. The airline denied this but said that there have been days where it had to park up to nine A320neos due to the lack of spare engines. IndiGo adds, however, that flights were not affected since it has already "factored in the reduced aircraft capacity while scheduling flights". IndiGo expects that it may take another 12 to 18 months before design changes aimed at addressing the problems are fully implemented by P&W. However, it reveals that a new tax change in the country is delaying replacement powerplants and has caused some "unplanned short-term flight cancellations". IndiGo adds that it has grounded four A320neos "for as much as three weeks" as their spare engines are awaiting customs clearance.<br/>