{"id":445719,"date":"2026-06-04T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/united-ceo-900-jets-grounded-engine-shortage-many-years\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:32:06","slug":"united-ceo-900-jets-grounded-over-engine-shortage-will-last-many-many-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=445719","title":{"rendered":"United CEO: 900 Jets Grounded Over Engine Shortage, Will Last &#8220;Many, Many Years&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing new when it comes to aircraft delivery delays. But when it comes to parts and components, engine availability in recent years has become a major issue. The <strong>CEO of United Airlines has stated that hundreds of jets around the world are grounded or stored due to this exact issue<\/strong>, as operators are unable to source critical parts such as engines for aircraft. Furthermore, the lack of engines does play a role, affecting aircraft manufacturing and delivery timelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engine shortage has forced airlines around the world to ground portions of their fleet, while aircraft manufacturers are forced to slow production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,7158,1591,5619,16569,8787,4942],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-cfm","category-engine","category-engine-issues","category-manufacturers","category-pratt-whitney","category-rolls-royce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=445719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445757,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445719\/revisions\/445757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=445719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=445719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=445719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}