Southern Airlines has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines for the five Airbus A380s it has on firm order for delivery from late 2007. The airline becomes the seventh of 11 customers for the A380 to select the Trent 900 over the rival Engine Alliance GP7200 powerplant. China Southern already operates Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s in its fleet. Rolls-Royce values the agreement to supply the Trent 900 engines at around $600 million.
Source: Flight International
Airbus has shown off a mock-up of its A350 freighter, and is highlighting its large main-deck cargo door as a key feature. The aircraft will have a maximum payload of 111t. Airbus has yet to detail a formal payload-range chart, but has previously indicated ranges of 4,550nm at 111t and ...
Turkish Airlines has struck a compensation agreement covering engine availability issues impacting the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofans powering its Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
French investigators have disclosed that a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crew resorted to aerodynamic manoeuvring and ground effect to land the aircraft after its engines failed to respond to power commands during approach. The aircraft – operated by New Caledonian carrier Aircalin – had been carrying out a visual ...
