ECONOMYNEXT – SriLankan Airlines has lost 60 million dollars on a fleet of new Airbus A320 variant acquired in 2018 which were grounded due to defects in their CFM LEAP engines, Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Anura Karunathilaka said. SriLankan had started discussions on acquiring the A321 aircraft in 2017 and concluded them in 2028. The CFM-LEAP engines had design defects and they started giving trouble, leading the six aircraft being grounded, he said. “By October 31, these aircraft had been grounded for 131 months,” Minister Karunathilaka said. “One of these aircraft is still not flying. During this time,…
SriLankan Airlines lost $60mn on CFM engined Airbuses, to lose $172mn
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