Two PW1100G Engines: Amsterdam → Kaunas - Synchronized Convoy
The challenge was not moving two engines. It was making them arrive together. Two PW1100G turbofans on separate low-loaders, each with its own driver, fuel stops, and border delays - yet both had to pull into the same MRO yard within one hour of each other after 1,600 km.
What happened
An MRO facility in Kaunas was performing a dual engine swap on an A320neo - both engines off, both replacements on. The two PW1100Gs were stored at a Pratt & Whitney center in Amsterdam. If only one truck arrived, the MRO crane team would stand idle. If the gap exceeded one hour, the maintenance slot would slip by a full day.
What made it difficult
- 1Two trucks, two drivers, two sets of traffic varīables - but one arrival window
- 2Different fuel tank sizes meant different stop schedules
- 3Polish A2 motorway construction zones could delay one truck but not the other
- 4If one truck hit a border queue, the other had to slow down 200 km ahead
How we handled it
Our dispatcher managed both trucks as a single operation on a shared screen. Truck B departed Amsterdam 45 minutes after Truck A - the calculated offset to compensate for A's slower loading. At the German-Polish border, Truck A hit a 40-minute queue. Dispatch immediately told Truck B to take an extended fuel stop near Poznan. On the final 300 km stretch through Lithuania, both trucks were within 20 km of each other. They arrived 35 minutes apart.
Result
Two engines, one synchronized convoy, 35 minutes apart. We plan it down to the minute. +371 22302054 / aero@langino.lv