All Engines articles – Page 204
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Alaska pilots not allowed to access Internet in the cockpit due to interference issue
Alaska Airlines is not permitting its pilots to use their new iPads to access the Internet in the cockpit after witnessing Wi-Fi interference with Honeywell...
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MTU wins Pluna maintenance contract
MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg is to provide repair and overhaul services to Uruguayan carrier Pluna's General Electric CF34-8CF engines. The contract...
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PowerJet could increase SaM146 production rate in October
Russia's United Aircraft has concluded an agreement with engine manufacturer PowerJet covering the supply of its SaM146 engines for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.
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787 test aircraft flies Package B Trent 1000
Boeing's 787 test aircraft ZA004 returned to flying on 21 May with the first Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Package B engine hung under its right wing. It...
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Experts: GPS at risk with LightSquared 4G
A government/industry panel will warn the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a 3 June report that the expected interference from a new 4G ancillary...
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Bombardier sees post-2015 entry for stretched Q400
Bombardier has given its strongest indication yet that it intends to offer a stretch of its 70-seat Q400 turboprop, but the entry date would be beyond 2015.
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Embraer's five-abreast study further validates CSeries size: Scott
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Gary Scott says he is not surprised that Embraer is eyeing possible development of a five-abreast aircraft and believes...
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Bombardier confident Republic will stick with CSeries order
Bombardier is confident that Republic Airways Holdings will remain a customer of its Pratt & Whitney PW1524G geared turbofan-powered CSeries, despite a decision...
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PICTURES: Korean's first A380 takes deliveries almost to 50
Korean Air has formally taken delivery of its first Airbus A380, becoming the sixth carrier to operate the double-deck aircraft. The Seoul-based operator...
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Sukhoi could unveil Superjet stretch in June
Sukhoi Superjet marketing specialist Superjet International indicates that a stretched version of the twinjet could be unveiled in June, as it prepares to hand over Aeroflot's first example of the baseline model.
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ASH CLOUD: Scottish airspace closures unnecessary: Ryanair
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has described as unnecessary restrictions on flights to and from Scottish airports as a result of the latest volcanic ash cloud.
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Canada special: Bombardier's great gamble
Despite its history of successful innovation, the CSeries is the riskiest venture yet from Canada's aerospace champion
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Improved Trent 1000 to fly on Boeing's 787
Boeing's 787 test aircraft ZA004 will return to flying on 20 May with the first Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 'Package B' engine hung under its right wing, marking...
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Court dismisses R-R’s patent infringement claims against P&W for GP7200
Pratt & Whitney has won the first round of patent infringement claims with Rolls-Royce after a court ruled that swept fan blade technology used by P&W on...
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PowerJet launches aftermarket support service
PowerJet, the joint venture between Snecma and NPO Saturn for the SaM143 engine on the Sukhoi Superjet 100, has launched its aftermarket support service...
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Partial power loss on Qantas A380 caused by oil leak
An oil leak in a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine has been identified as the cause behind a partial power loss on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 this February.
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QF32 prompts removal of 53 Trent 900s from service
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce initiated the removal of 53 Trent 900 engines from service following last November's uncontained engine failure on a Qantas...
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ATSB focuses on Rolls-Royce's quality control in QF32 probe
Australian investigators are reviewing Rolls-Royce's quality control procedures as a probe into last November's uncontained Trent 900 engine failure on a...
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Blade failure behind Qantas 747 engine shutdown
Australian investigators have traced the cause of last November's Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 contained engine failure to the engine's high pressure compressor...
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P&W begins PW1217G ground tests
Pratt & Whitney has begun ground testing the first PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, with 16h completed as of 17 May at the company's West...