IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) has finalized an agreement with Pratt & Whitney affiliate International Aero Engines regarding “customized compensation” over aircraft groundings which have affected the airline’s vast fleet.
According to a stock exchange filing, IAE will compensate the airline’s parent InterGlobe Aviation for an undisclosed amount due to the unavailability of P&W engines. IndiGo did not reply to a request for comment from ch-aviation sent during business hours by the time this article was published.
Among IndiGo’s in-house fleet of 359 aircraft, eighty A320-200Ns and A321-200NX are currently inactive, all with P&W engines, ch-aviation Commercial Aviation Aircraft Data shows.
The groundings have hit India’s largest airline as it seeks further growth, both in routes and fleet. It currently has 980 aircraft due, which includes five ATR72-600s, thirty A350-900s, sixty-nine A321-200NY(XLR)s, 222 A321-200NX, 390 A321-200Ns, 264 A320-200Ns, and three A320-200s.
