India's Go First Has No Right Over Pratt & Whitney Engines: Lawyer

Pratt & Whitney has no engines currently available for India's Go First airline, which also has no rights over them, the counsel for the US firm told a Delaware court as the two companies engaged in a raging dispute over the supplies, Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi reported for Reuters.

Photo Insert: Go First has been granted bankruptcy protection in India with a court-appointed administrator trying to revive the airline.

The Indian airline has approached the Delaware court to enforce an arbitration order it won in Singapore against Pratt & Whitney, which it blames for its financial troubles and argues the US firm failed to supply engines on time.

Pratt says those claims are without merit.

Go First has been granted bankruptcy protection in India with a court-appointed administrator trying to revive the airline. This has sparked a tussle with many of Go First's lessors as they have terminated their lease agreements and are trying to repossess the planes.

During a hearing on Thursday, which Reuters accessed via a court-assigned teleconferencing system, a lawyer for Pratt argued Go First has no right over the engines after the termination of leases.

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