India's aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to issue an additional advisory soon for Airbus planes fitted with Pratt & Whitney engines, said a source privy to the development.
At a three-hour meeting on Tuesday, the Civil Aviation Ministry reviewed the frequent on-ground and mid-air glitches that the P&W engines, powering these planes, have been facing since their induction in early 2016.
"In order to deal with issues related to P&W engines, the DGCA will issue an additional advisory in the coming one week," the source said.
The decision to issue the additional advisory comes a day after the US engine maker announced sponsorship for one of the ministry's events in Mumbai on January 15 and 16.
The twitter handle of Global Aviation Summit had posted on Monday: "We are proud to welcome on board @prattandwhitney as the silver sponsor for #GAvS2019. Your expertise in world-class service operations and global presence have helped aviation reach greater heights."
The DGCA had issued an advisory in November last year to deal with this issue. However, the PW engines continue to face glitches.
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The recurring glitches on the Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus planes have forced the Wadia group-run budget carrier GoAir to ground as many as seven A320 Neos.
GoAir has 49 planes in the fleet and 30 of them are Airbus A320 Neos.
P&W engine woes had forced both GoAir and the larger rival IndiGo (which operates 57 of such planes) to ground some of the A320 Neos on earlier occasions also.
During February and March last year, 14 planes -- 11 of IndiGo and three of GoAir - were grounded by the aviation regulator DGCA following a series of mid-air engine shutdowns.
Apart from these two carriers, Air India and Vistara also operate A320 Neos but they are powered by CFM engines.
Despite repeated glitches forcing Airbus and P&W to compensate the operators for each grounding, neither the engine maker nor the plane maker has been able to provide any lasting solution so far.
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