Originally Posted by
Plane driver
JetBlue currently has about 12 airframes parked with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines.
The latest turn around time for these engines is currently 1 year. JetBlue said next year they will have high teen number of aircraft parked for the engine issue.
IMO, I doubt Southwest would want to merge with them with the engine problems on the A321 and A220.
Just to clarify; between now and next year JetBlue has up to the high teens (total in that given period) affected by P&W. 2026 is the projected get well/healthy year, and then they also have deferred deliveries available. Basically no growth mode for a couple years except for increased ASMs due to retirement of E190 and delivery of A220s.
To sum that up for a WN/B6 scenario - B6 would be healthy (engine wise) by the time any Merger or single operating certificate were to be finalized (hypothetically).
Just sayin, back to my forum now, sorry to interrupt.