Aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney has assured the Directorate General of Civil Aviation that the Airbus A-320 New Engine Option aircraft for which it has provided engines and are being flown by IndiGo and GoAir will not be grounded after September this year.

IndiGo and GoAir have faced problems with the Airbus 320 NEO aircraft which have been grounded due to problems with the Pratt and Whitney engines.

Sources in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that at a meeting here on Thursday Pratt and Whitney officials indicated that “Shop level delivery of engines undergoing modification is being increased to cut down the time for supply of these engines,” which is likely to ensure that there is no more grounding of aircraft by September this year.

The meeting had been called as the DGCA had expressed concern over grounding of a large number of A-320 NEO aircraft which had affected the flight schedules of IndiGo and GoAir. Officials of IndiGo and GoAir were present at the meeting. On July 31 during a teleconference with financial analysts, Aditya Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGo, had said that the airline continued to have operational issues with the 320 NEO aircraft that the airline was operating due to engine issues. During the call, Ghosh said that there have been days when the airline has had to “ground as many as nine NEOs due to lack of spare engines.”