Groundings are easing, but long shop visits, costly leases, scarce parts, and delayed retirements keep engine bills high.
A replacement aircraft was used to carry the passengers on to Seattle.
Airlines are getting grounded jets back into the air. The bills left by a years-long engine crisis are proving much harder to ...
The Government Accountability Office has identified repeated problems with US jet engine manufacturing, contributing to ...
The U.S. Air Force is experiencing problems with its Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling and transport aircraft fleet. Auxiliary power units (APUs) on some tankers are prematurely failing, which are ...
Aircraft piston engine cylinders are a common failure point, prone to cracking, valve issues, and head/barrel separation due to thousands of heat cycles and potential manufacturing flaws. Excessive ...
Airline CEOs said at the industry's largest annual gathering in Rio de Janeiro that more fuel-efficient engines have fallen short of availability and reliability standards. That means carriers have to ...
Durability issues with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000G (GTF) engine have been a focal point of market analysis in recent years. Now, with the curtain closed on 2025, Flight Friday takes the opportunity to ...
At first glance, a twin-engine aircraft looks a whole lot safer than a single-engine one. After all, if you lose an engine, you still have another to keep you flying in the air, right? This isn't ...
1. Within the past 90 days, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and their associated ...