Air NZ juggles engines from five aircraft as fault inspection drags on

Air NZ juggles engines from five aircraft as fault inspection drags on
Artists' rendition of the Air NZ/Pratt & Whitney joint venture in Christchurch. (Image: Air NZ)
Denise McNabb
Air New Zealand’s latest investment with Pratt & Whitney won’t come soon enough for the national carrier to jump the queue for early inspections of engines and blade repair in its fleet of 18 A320/A321 neo aircraft.The $252 million investment, announced Friday, will extend its joint venture with the engine maker Christchurch Engine Centre. The aircraft are all fitted with Pratt & Whitney (P&W) geared turbofan (GTF) PW1100G-JM engines; the same engines P&W found in July last year had used contaminated metal powde...

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