China Southern Airlines is offering again five ATR72-500 aircraft with three spare engines and all spare parts.
The carrier approached the market a year ago for bids. The aircraft MSNs are 521, 531, 547, 552 and 555. All five ATR72s are powered by Pratt & Whitney PW127F engines. Two of the aircraft were built in 1997 and the remaining three in 1998, according to Flightglobal's ACAS database.
Bids have to be submitted by 15 April.
Source: Commercial Aviation Online
The engine-maker says the successful demonstration involved a GE Aerospace CT7 turboshaft engine combined with internally-produced electric machine and power electronics.
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has embarked on a government-supported project to evaluate using hydrogen as fuel for a PW127XT turboprop.
