Air Jamaica has awarded Pratt & Whitney a 10-year fleet- management deal to overhaul and maintain its CFM International CFM56-5B engines that are used to power the carrier's fleet of 17 Airbus A320/A321 aircraft. The agreement is worth up to $80 million and the work will be performed by P&W's Norway Engine Centre.
Source: Flight International
US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take no immediate action to address a smoke-related issue involving the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power the Boeing 737 Max.
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.
