frigatebird wrote: Uhm, 77L and 77W only have GE powered engines, so fleet commonality never would be an issue would it?
I do not know if AI's current 77L's are the GE90-110 or -115 though.
swapcv wrote:77L and 77W are solely powered by GE90's, so where AIC sources theirs would'nt matter much in terms of engine commonality.
So, then - would GE's positioning in India favor further orders of their powered aircraft?
...and also connected, Pratt and Whitney has also recently focused on catching up on past issues, and also was shopping for new customers.
https://simpleflying.com/pratt-whitney-to-supply-20-25-engines-in-india-monthly/Pratt & Whitney had announced earlier this year that it was about 70 engines behind its previous delivery plan and was struggling to keep up with Airbus due to labor shortages and other general supply chain issues. India has been particularly hit by engine shortage, with two airlines – IndiGo and Go First having to ground several aircraft. In October, P&W officials visited India to speak to airlines affected by the engine supply issues and also to look for other business opportunities in the country.
All in all, I can see further growth in the Indian market, and well placed/alligned manufacturers and MROs benefiting to solve past issues that previously plagued the nation. I can also see the MRO space growing significantly in India, and with proper investment, could see vast expansions of these services (and notably with the AI (Tata)/SQ partnership) we could see AIESL expand further. The recent changes by the G.O.I. certainly are assisting:
https://www.businessworld.in/article/Will-The-Indian-MRO-Industry-Finally-Take-Off-/08-06-2020-194634/Until recently MRO services were taxed at 18% while the same services if done overseas attracted a tax of 5%. Additionally, no customs duties were levied on import of MRO services from overseas. This severely limited the ability of India’s MROs to compete and they were left competing for contracts where the labour pay arbitrage made for a more economic proposition. The high-value work including heavy checks on aircraft and engine overhauls continued to be sent to overseas.
...and so, I can see that once the MRO facilities grow further, so would fleet reliabilities, and crucially capacity. This has the effect of favoring larger aircraft (as Indigo is choosing to do, faced with sitting A32XNEOs due to PW issues) in the short term, and allowing those capabilities, carriers and crucial equipment the time to ramp up and, eventually, expand.
