P&W to replace 40+ IndiGo jet engines

most number of air passengers in India. "As new airports in Mumbai (Navi Mumbai) and Delhi (Jewar) open up, this will correspond with IndiGo's planes being ungrounded. It helps the airline with more capacity, return of costly leases, and aids both topline and bottomline growth." The MumbaiDelhi route accounts for a third of India's air passenger movement.

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IndiGo leased 333 jets on so-called operational leases.

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Revenues from putting these planes back in the skies will be much more than penalties IndiGo gets from Pratt & Whitney, Dixit said. "While IndiGo is getting some compensation from the engine-maker, the amount of which is undisclosed, it is not enough to cover up for revenue losses."

Once the replacements are completed, IndiGo will be nearly free of Pratt & Whitney's geared turbine fan (GTF) engines, marking a gradual closure of one of the Gurugrambased airline's longest-running operational challenges.