A system for reducing air leakage in a gas turbine engine having an axis (A-A'), comprising: a first plurality of stator vanes and a second plurality of stator vanes, each stator vane having an inner platform, an outer platform, a low pressure side, and a high pressure side, and configured to turn air; a case having a first semi-annular portion positioned radially outward from the first plurality of stator vanes and a second semi-annular portion positioned radially outward from the second plurality of stators, characterised in that the system further comprises: a first elastic strap configured to be coupled to the first plurality of stator vanes, to extend across the outer platform of each stator vane of the first plurality of stator vanes, and to be positioned radially between the first plurality of stator vanes and the first semi-annular portion of the case; and a second elastic strap configured to be coupled to the second plurality of stator vanes, to extend across the outer platform of each stator vane of the second plurality of stator vanes, and to be positioned radially between the second plurality of stator vanes and the second semi-annular portion of the case, wherein each of the first elastic strap and the second elastic strap includes an elastomeric material, wherein the first elastic strap is coupled to a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end of the first plurality of stator vanes and is stretched prior to being coupled to the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end such that tension in the first elastic strap resists relative movement of each stator vane of the first plurality of stator vanes. a first plurality of stator vanes and a second plurality of stator vanes, each stator vane having an inner platform, an outer platform, a low pressure side, and a high pressure side, and configured to turn air; a case having a first semi-annular portion positioned radially outward from the first plurality of stator vanes and a second semi-annular portion positioned radially outward from the second plurality of stators, characterised in that the system further comprises: a first elastic strap configured to be coupled to the first plurality of stator vanes, to extend across the outer platform of each stator vane of the first plurality of stator vanes, and to be positioned radially between the first plurality of stator vanes and the first semi-annular portion of the case; and a second elastic strap configured to be coupled to the second plurality of stator vanes, to extend across the outer platform of each stator vane of the second plurality of stator vanes, and to be positioned radially between the second plurality of stator vanes and the second semi-annular portion of the case, wherein each of the first elastic strap and the second elastic strap includes an elastomeric material, wherein the first elastic strap is coupled to a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end of the first plurality of stator vanes and is stretched prior to being coupled to the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end such that tension in the first elastic strap resists relative movement of each stator vane of the first plurality of stator vanes. a first elastic strap configured to be coupled to the first plurality of stator vanes, to extend across the outer platform of each stator vane of the first plurality of stator vanes, and to be positioned radially between the first plurality of stator vanes and the first semi-annular portion of the case; and a second elastic strap configured to be coupled to the second plurality of stator vanes, to extend across the outer platform of each stator vane of the second plurality of stator vanes, and to be positioned radially between the second plurality of stator vanes and the second semi-annular portion of the case, wherein each of the first elastic strap and the second elastic strap includes an elastomeric material, wherein the first elastic strap is coupled to a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end of the first plurality of stator vanes and is stretched prior to being coupled to the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end such that tension in the first elastic strap resists relative movement of each stator vane of the first plurality of stator vanes.