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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Spirit Airlines will have to ground seven Airbus’ A320neo jets after the Labor Day holiday in September through the end of the year due to a snag with RTX’s Pratt & Whitney engines, Chief Executive Officer Ted Christie said on Thursday.
RTX last week said a “rare condition” in powdered metal meant 1,200 of more than 3,000 engines built for the twin-engined Airbus A320neo between 2015 and 2021 have to be taken off and inspected for micro cracks that would point to fatigue.
Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Mark Porter
