Air Baltic temporarily grounds CSeries fleet

Air Baltic is temporarily grounding its entire fleet of Bombardier CSeries jets pending technical checks on the engines. Air Baltic has 7 CS300s, which are powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1500Gs. The carrier said that it has issued a "temporary suspension" of CS300 flight operations pending inspections on an "external engine accessory". Air Baltic has not elaborated on the specific nature of the checks or the components involved. But it says it is "working closely" with Pratt & Whitney on the issue and is "anticipating" restoration of CS300 services Oct 12. Air Baltic has another 13 CS300s on order. It is 1 of 2 European carriers using the CSeries. Swiss, the other operator, uses both the CS300 and CS100 but has not indicated that it is taking any similar course of action to Air Baltic. <br/>