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India's Go Airlines was on Thursday denied a motion for emergency arbitration in its dispute with U.S. engine maker Pratt & Whitney, a court filing with the U.S. District court of Delaware showed...
The airline, also known as Go First, had in May souggo ht an emergency arbitration to prevent it from going out of business and blamed Raytheon Technologies-owned engine maker for its financial woes and bankruptcy filing...
It alleged that the U.S. firm supplied "faulty" engines and failed to replace them on time, resulting in the grounding of half of its fleet...
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10, May, 23Engine maker Pratt & Whitney is pursuing its own legal action against budget airline Go First after the carrier blamed it for its poor financial performance. The move came after India's National Company Law Tribunal approved the no-frills airline's request for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings. P&W denied it was responsible for Go First's financial position and said it had offered the airline support for many years, including during the Covid crisis.
Go First urges for emergency arbitration in Pratt & Whitney dispute
16, May, 23Go First has said it needs an emergency arbitration in its dispute with Pratt & Whitney. The airline had blamed the Raytheon Technologies-owned engine maker for supplying faulty engines and failing to replace the same in time.
Go First had a lengthy history of non payment: Pratt & Whitney
03, May, 23The Wadia family-owned low-cost airline on Tuesday filed for voluntary insolvency proceedings before the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), attributing the decision to protracted delays in sourcing airworthy engines from PW.
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03, May, 23Go First filed for voluntary insolvency, blaming Pratt & Whitney for supplying faulty engines which forced the airline to ground half of its A320neo fleet.
No govt bailout for crisis-hit Go First without solution to engine issues: Report
09, May, 23The Wadia group-owned airline, which filed for bankruptcy last week, had blamed “faulty” Pratt & Whitney engines for the ground of about half of its 54 Airbus A320neos.
Go First's insolvency case: NCLT to pass its verdict on Wednesday
09, May, 23Go First, which has been flying for more than 17 years, stopped flights from May 3 amid financial crunch caused by grounding of more than half of its fleet due to non-availability of Pratt & Whitney engines
Singapore court tells Pratt & Whitney to supply engines to Go First
06, Jul, 23Go First stopped flying and appealed for insolvency proceedings in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on May 2 due to cash problems and after it had to ground more than half of its 54 planes because of supply issues from the American engine maker. Supply of engines will give it some hope to resume its grounded operations.
Go First bankruptcy: Engine maker Pratt & Whitney hits back
03, May, 23P&W denied Go First's allegation that engine maker was not honouring an arbitration award related to the engine supply issue.
Go First crisis: Pratt & Whitney blames airline for 'breaching contractual obligations'
12, May, 23US engine maker Pratt & Whitney has opposed cash-strapped Go First's arbitration enforcement, saying the airline has breached contractual obligations, adding that it is not a "victim in need of urgent legal redress".