India’s Go Airlines on Monday said it needs an emergency arbitration in its dispute with engine maker Pratt & Whitney to prevent it from going out of business.
The Indian airline blames the Raytheon Technologies-owned engine maker for its financial woes and recent bankruptcy filing, arguing that the US firm supplied “defective” engines and failed to replace them in time, leading to This resulted in the grounding of half its fleet.
Go Airlines, also known as GoFirst, has approached a district court in Delaware to enforce an arbitration order made in Singapore in March, which ordered Pratt to assist the airline and provide serviceable additional The supply of engines was ordered.
Last week, Pratt & Whitney argued in a Delaware court that Go First’s claim was “unfounded” and that the dynamics of the dispute had changed. The engine maker said it faced greater risk after GoFirst was granted bankruptcy protection and asked the court to block or dismiss the airline’s request.
Pratt’s argument “fails,” Go Airlines said in a Delaware court filing.
There is a very real danger that unless relief is granted, Go First will go out of business, at least with respect to the delivery of engines, the airline said in the filing, citing the emergency arbitrator.
The filing said the stay Pratt sought would cause the harm that emergency arbitration awards were designed to prevent.
Pratt & Whitney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese and Rosalba O’Brien)