US EditionAir Austral to retire A220 fleet over engine woes
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The French airline based on the island of Réunion has just thrown a paving stone into the pond. Air Austral has announced that it will soon separate from its Airbus A220-300, aircraft that it has been aligning since the summer of 2021. It now intends to refocus itself either on aircraft of the Airbus A320Neo range or on that [...] This content Air Austral is tired of its Airbus A220! was first published on legendary aircraft.net - Encyclopaedia …
La Tribune reports that the decision comes after a series of technical difficulties related to the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines, which heavily affect the operation of this model. Two of the three aircraft delivered to the company are currently immobilized. However, Air Austral had been a pioneer in the region in 2021, becoming the first operator of the A220 in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft was to provide regional connections fr…
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