A220 without engines PVD

[TowJoe]

Anyone know what happened to the A220 (pretty sure that's what it is) parked near the terminal with no engines and all mothballed?

 

[Minuteman]

PW1500Gs that are airworthy and aren't flying are gonna get taken.

It is Breeze N175BZ. Bought from Egypt Air and flown to PVD in June 2024.

 

[killbilly]

They’re probably off being inspected.

It’s taking about 300 days to turn around a PW1500G right now.

Our shop has said we will have a “high teens” number of AOG because of this for 2025.

 

[KLB]

They’re probably off being inspected.

It’s taking about 300 days to turn around a PW1500G right now.

Our shop has said we will have a “high teens” number of AOG because of this for 2025.

The manufacturer really doesn't mention these "gotcha's" at the time of purchase.

 

[Box hauler]

The manufacturer really doesn't mention these "gotcha's" at the time of purchase.

I think it’s an unexpected issue due to the powdered metal problem they’re having. It’s the same with the PW1100G on the NEO’s. Supposedly those are estimated to take 400 days due to the volume that needs to be inspected. I believe Spirit will have 70 aircraft down for that reason by the end of 2025…

 

[KLB]

I think it’s an unexpected issue due to the powdered metal problem they’re having. It’s the same with the PW1100G on the NEO’s. Supposedly those are estimated to take 400 days due to the volume that needs to be inspected. I believe Spirit will have 70 aircraft down for that reason by the end of 2025…

Yeah. I know. PW essentially needs to build an entirely new facility that is fully staffed just to deal with the amount of inspection that they are behind on.

A lot of aircraft parts manufacturers are in the same boat also. There are a lot of cheap/not well thought out aircraft components have been produced lately.

 

[killbilly]

Yeah. I know. PW essentially needs to build an entirely new facility that is fully staffed just to deal with the amount of inspection that they are behind on.

A lot of aircraft parts manufacturers are in the same boat also. There are a lot of cheap/not well thought out aircraft components have been produced lately.

Someone more in the know than me can comment, but I believe Widget has their own engine shop/Pratt certs so they are handling at least some of the inspections in house.

Supposedly Pratt (subsidiary of RTX, dontchaknow) is paying the carriers some undisclosed amounts of money in compensation for this flaming poopshow of an engine problem but it’s nowhere near enough to make anyone whole from the lost revenue.

It really sucks.