Will supply engines when Go starts flying, Pratt tells SIAC

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NEW DELHI : Engine maker Pratt & Whitney has informed the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) that it will deliver engines to Go First only after the grounded airline starts flying again, two people aware of the development said. In July, the SIAC had directed the American company to supply five engines every month to the airline, beginning on 1 August.

“In the latest update to the SIAC, Pratt & Whitney has stated that they have earmarked five engines per month for Go First, but they will not be able to deliver those for now. Their stand is that they will dispatch those to the airline once the company resumes flights," one of the two people cited above said on condition of anonymity.

The Pratt & Whitney stand comes as another setback for the airline that is battling aircraft lessors’ attempts to take back control of their planes. The SIAC’s July order had said, “The respondent (Pratt & Whitney) must take all reasonable steps to release and dispatch to the claimant (Go First), without delay as they become available, five engines per month immediately after any engine becomes available and commencing, at latest, on 1 August 2023 and continuing through 31 December 2023, subject to further orders of this Tribunal," Go Air had approached the SIAC in March, claiming Pratt & Whitney had not provided engines as agreed.

In an emergency award, the SIAC asked Pratt & Whitney to provide the airline 20 engines lying in its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) unit by December 2023, and pick up 44 failed engines lying with Go First in India at different airports for over 270 days. After its bankruptcy filing in May, Go First approached a federal court in Delaware, US, to implement the SIAC award.