Replacing Pratt engines in IndiGo fleet by end of January a challenge - CE

Replacing all Pratt & Whitney engines on IndiGo's fleet of almost 100 Airbus planes by Jan 31, as ordered by India's aviation watchdog, will be challenging but the airline aims to complete the work, its CE said Monday. India's aviation regulator Nov 1 ordered IndiGo to replace all Pratt & Whitney engines on its fleet of twin-engined Airbus A320neo family aircraft with new P&W power units, following recent inflight engine shutdowns that caused "serious concern". "It's a challenge. But we have every intention of meeting it. Pratt is helping us and we are trying to make that work as fast as we can," Ronojoy Dutta, IndiGo CE, said. IndiGo is Airbus' biggest client for A320neo planes, and while the P&W engines are fuel efficient there have been issues since they entered service in 2016. <br/>