Transavia’s newest A321neo aircraft has been sitting on the ground in Gran Canaria for a week

This concerns the PH-YHA, which Transavia received just two weeks ago. The plane flew from Schiphol to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) on 6 May and was scheduled to return on the same day. Something went wrong on the passenger bridge at the Spanish airport. “Due to a malfunction in the sensors, the bridge did not touch the plane properly and caused a dent,” the spokesman said.

After an investigation, the airline ruled that the damage was too extensive to fly, rebooked passengers and put in place a plan for repairs. The Airbus has now been repaired. Transavia expects the plane to return to Amsterdam on Tuesday or Wednesday, after which it can be used again.

The PH-YHA is the fourth A321neo aircraft that Transavia has taken delivery of, but the first to be fully owned by the KLM subsidiary; The other three are charter planes.

Suitable device in Gran Canaria:

Very bad luck
Bad luck follows Transavia with the introduction of the A321neo. At the beginning of December 2023, the arrival of the first Airbus was delayed for several weeks after it emerged that technicians had left a flashlight in one of the fuel tanks.

The aircraft, PH-YHZ, arrived later that month and flew commercially for the first time on 5 January. Four days later, the Airbus collided with a large bird in Faro, resulting in a dent in its nose, and was subsequently out of service for several days. And now the situation with PH-YHA.

These incidents have nothing to do with the A321neo aircraft itself, but could have occurred with other aircraft. Transavia is satisfied with the operational performance of the Airbus.

These incidents are very inconvenient for the airline. The airline suffers from a serious lack of capacity, partly due to a lack of technical staff, and is therefore forced to cancel a small portion of its flights. Earlier today it was announced that more cancellations would be necessary than previously thought. It is not yet known exactly how many flights will be cancelled.