Aircraft at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA) The official said due to the recall, the aircraft will stopoperating in 2024 and 2025, beginning from January 2024.
As of March 31, Vietnam had a fleet of 205 aircraft, ofwhich 159 are operating, 20 are under regular maintenance, and 26 are havingtheir engines checked and repaired following the request of the manufacturer.
From now until the end of the year, 42 aircraft of the domestic airlines will have to stop operating to fix the manufacturer's engineerrors, said Thang, adding that normally, the work takes about 18 months.
However, the number of aircraft in the world with engineerrors is huge, causing the manufacturer's supply chain to be broken. Besides,some airlines had to restructure their debts, pushing aircraft rental prices upand creating a scarcity of aircraft and difficulties in renting.
The aviation sector is implementing many measures to meet the travel demands of passengers in summer. (Photo: VNA) He warned that due to the airplane shortage, air fares inthe peak summer season will be high. The official affirmed that the aviationsector is implementing many measures to deal with the issue, includingreviewing procedures to reduce aircraft turnaround time at airports from 45minutes to 35 minutes.
In September 2023, engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney(PW) announced that it must recall the PW1100 engine on Airbus A321Neo aircraftto carry out in-depth inspection and repair to fix production errors. It isestimated that there are about 600-700 PW1100 engines operating onfleets affected worldwide./.
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