Two years of flight disruptions ahead due to engine problem – Air NZ

Two years of flight disruptions ahead due to engine problem – Air NZ
Air NZ chief executive Greg Foran. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Staff reporters
Numerous Air New Zealand flights will be rescheduled, and the airline will temporarily stop flying direct to Seoul and Hobart from next year as it deals with an engine problem in 16 of its aircraft.Customers are being moved to different flights as the airline deals with the fallout of a problem with the new Pratt & Whitney engines, which affects some 700 planes around the globe.In its fleet of 106 aircraft, Air NZ has 16 A320/321NEO planes that are affected by the engine-maintenance issue. They fly to Australia, the Pacific Islands and dome...

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