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of the reasons for its collapse. days per engine. Air marks the 15th active
Go First (earlier known as Go location and the seventh in
Air) had grappled with GTF the Asia-Pacific region for
issues related to low-pressure Growing MRO Capabliity PW1100G-JM engine over-
turbine blade fractures, bear- Pratt & Whitney’s GTF MRO haul, alongside Eagle Services
ing failure, combustor erosion, network has more than dou- Asia (ESA) in Singapore,
etc since 2018. bled in size since 2019 with IHI and MHI in Japan, MTU
13 GTF MRO engine centers Maintenance Zhuhai and
The two operators currently active worldwide. Ameco in China, and Taipei-
This growth is vital to deal with
PW1100G-JM GTF the tidal wave of accelerated based China Airlines. By 2025,
Pratt & Whitney is slated to
engines in India, inspections and shop visits for have 19 active GTF MRO
PW1100G-JM GTF engines.
shops.
IndiGo and the now The embattled engine maker
failed carrier Go has announced three facility China Airlines joined the GTF
expansions and four shop acti-
First, have faced vations in this year alone. MRO network in 2020 and
inducted its PW1100G-JM
recurrent problems Pratt & Whitney engine in October. In late
with these power- is slated to have September, Pratt & Whitney
announced that it would
plants since 2017 19 active GTF MRO increase the capacity of its
Singapore engine center,
Globally, Pratt and Whitney shops by 2025 Eagle Services Asia (ESA)
has stated that two-thirds of with a 48,000 square-foot
engine removals globally are In November, Korean Air expansion, that will grow
planned to be completed by inducted its first PW1100G-JM the size of the facility by
early 2024. The accelerated engine, following its joining the two-thirds as compared to
inspections and shop visits will GTF MRO network in 2021 its current capacity. Eagle
continue till 2026 and engine to provide full disassembly, Services Asia inducted its first
turnaround times, wing-to-wing assembly and test capability PW1100G-JM engine for over-
will take between 250 and 300 for these engines. Korean haul in 2019.•
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