Summary: Pratt & Whitney leads the show with a pair of engine issues on long-haul aircraft on Tuesday. United Airlines had an issue on a 777 inbound to Honolulu while a Delta A330 returned to Lagos immediately after departure. Plus, EASA has an emergency directive out on the Pratt & Whitney A320neo engines that is pretty spooky, with <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbus-warns-of-a-new-problem-with-a-pratt-whitney-engine-1518208211" target="_blank" rel="noopener">references to inflight shutdowns</a>. Yikes!<br> <br> <br> <br> Also in this show<br> <br> * Air China wants to fly from Houston to Panama, competing with Star Alliance partner United Airlines.<br> * Etihad is <a href="http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/etihad-phasing-out-five-boeing-777-200lrs-after-us-routes-cut-1.2168379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropping the 777-200LR from its fleet and slashing capacity</a> in some markets. Is the carrier collapsing?<br> * Is there really a <a href="https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/64027-at-least-one-foreign-carrier-interested-in-air-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener">foreign airline willing to invest</a> in Air India?<br> * American Airlines' <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2018/02/08/american-airlines-gets-earful-from-employees-in.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">employees are speaking up</a> and there's a lot of animosity in play.<br> * The Maldives sit <a href="https://skift.com/2018/02/07/the-maldives-is-at-the-center-of-a-battle-for-power-between-china-and-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at the center of a political and economic battle</a>.<br> * JFK's massive (and expensive) animal terminal is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ark-at-jfk-on-the-verge-of-closing-2018-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the brink of bankruptcy</a><br> * Southwest Airlines is struggling to keep enough Glycol in stock at its Midway hub<br> * The first (<a href="https://blog.wandr.me/2018/01/airbus-a321lr-first-flight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not quite really</a>) A321LR crossed the Atlantic this week on a proving run<br> <br>
