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resulting AOG days with effective spares management. 18 percent lower than pre-Covid.
“We have corrective action identified, we’ve gone through initial
It’s pretty remarkable when you think the world utilization rate
testing, and that’s something we’re trying to work closely on is still below 50 percent of what pre-Covid was.” In fact, Deurloo
with Airbus and our airline customers to get behind us,” reported explained that the comparatively small A220 fleet allowed Pratt to
Deurloo. “The A220 fleet has been doing incredibly well in service. more effectively support the customers with spare engines than
We’ve noticed that as the airlines go back into operation, the A220 it could when the A320neo suffered some of its early problems,
fleet is the first one they pull up.” resulting in far fewer AOG cases. “Even though they had some
Deurloo pointed to Delta Air Lines’ A220 utilization rate as removals, they didn’t have some of the longer AOG or multi-day
evidence of the model’s operational effectiveness, noting that the AOGs the Neo fleet saw,” he noted. “So the A220 has actually had a
airline has not parked one of the Airbus narrowbodies since the very, very good customer experience.”
onset
of the Covid crisis. “They kept flying the entire time,” he said. Article contained in the AIN mid-year aerospace and air
“And today I think that fleet, from a utilization perspective, is only transport report released by ainline.com recently

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testing at temperatures above 1400°F further cement our relationship through
and pressures up to 1000 psia to simulate this unique partnership. Combining
An agreement between Element the extreme conditions that exist inside Element’s access to customers with GE’s
Materials Technology (Element) and GE today’s advanced engines. Combining the testing strength is a win-win for both
Aviation provides Element customers with capabilities of GE Aviation’s test services companies, as well as for aerospace PQT
access to GE’s comprehensive product with Element’s existing PQT capabilities customers across the world.”
qualification testing capabilities. gives customers access to one of the most Nate Roedig, general manager of test sys-
Building on a 50-year relationship comprehensive arrays of product qualifica- tems engineering and flight test operations
between the two companies, Element tion testing available globally. for GE Aviation said, “We are excited to be
expands its current capabilities, providing Rick Sluiters, EVP for Aerospace at working with Element to provide the same
PQT customers with a broader range of Element said, “We have a proud history of high quality testing capabilities and service
testing in GE Aviation’s 40+ global testing supporting GE’s core businesses - aviation, to Element customers that we use every
facilities. power, renewable energy and healthcare. day to test GE Aviation’s engines, materials
GE Aviation’s capabilities include I am delighted that we have been able to and components”. Q

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