All Engines articles – Page 54
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PARIS: Safran sees a secure future in nacelle segment
As an incumbent supplier to an aircraft programme, there is always the risk that your airframer customer will instead consider one of your rivals for the position, or, as has increasingly been seen – opt to take that capability in house.
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PARIS: Avolon orders Leap engines for 70 A320neos
Avolon has ordered 140 CFM International Leap-1A engines to power 70 on-order Airbus A320neos.
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PARIS: AirAsia seals deal for 200 Leap engines
AirAsia has firmed an order for 200 CFM International Leap-1A engines to power its 100 on-order Airbus A321neos.
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PARIS: Siemens sells eAircraft business to Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has agreed to acquired Siemens' electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion activities, furthering a stated ambition to play a "major role in the third era of aviation".
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PARIS: Industry addresses sustainability challenge
The aerospace industry’s ambitious efficiency goals clashed with the realities of market economics and propulsion technology on the second day of the Paris air show.
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Lufthansa declines to comment on 777-9 delay ‘speculation’
Lufthansa is not commenting on the potential impact of any lengthy delay to the introduction of the 777-9, as Boeing and GE Aviation work to resolve issues that have pushed back the aircraft's first flight.
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PARIS: Lessor SMBC picks CFM engines for 20 more A320neos
Aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital ordered 40 CFM International Leap-1A engines to power 20 additional Airbus A320neos.
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NewsPARIS: IndiGo pivots from Pratt with huge CFM Leap A320neo deal
The decision by IndiGo to order Leap-1As to power 280 Airbus A320neos represents a key win for CFM International over the airline’s incumbent supplier Pratt & Whitney.
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PARIS: Boeing low-key on NMA but more details emerge
Boeing has so far at the Paris air show been keeping fairly quiet about its plans for the New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), but potential customers and suppliers have indicated that progress is continuing.
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PARIS: Spirit AeroSystems pitches composite manufacturing process
Spirit AeroSystems has developed a new, lower-cost composite manufacturing process for commercial aircraft fuselages it expects will be ready for production as soon as 2025.
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NewsPARIS: Largest show on record with over 2,450 exhibitors
This year’s Paris Air show – the 53rd outing in its 110 year history – is the biggest ever, with the number of exhibitors at the longest-running and largest aerospace event in the world exceeding 2,450. “We sold out within weeks of opening the booking in October 2018,” says ...
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NewsBoeing sticks to 777X timeline despite GE9X delays
Boeing insists its 777X programme remains on track for 2020 deliveries despite fresh engine issues that seemingly push the certification timeline toward the outer edge of the airframer’s expectations.
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NewsPARIS: Virgin unfazed by Trent issues as it picks A330neo
Virgin Atlantic is unconcerned over the Rolls-Royce engines for its Airbus A330neos, following the impact of Trent 1000 problems on its Boeing 787 fleet.
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PARIS: Rolls-Royce authorises Trent 700 MRO provider Sanad
Rolls-Royce has appointed Sanad Aerotech as an authorised maintenance centre (AMC).
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PARIS: Avio Aero stresses its third party credentials
Avio Aero may have been a GE Aviation subsidiary for six years, but the Italian propulsion systems specialist is at Paris stressing its autonomy as a European technology house, and willingness to work with other engine manufacturers.
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PARIS: Peach goes Leap for A320neos as Vanilla merger nears
Peach has signed a deal at the Paris air show with CFM International for Leap-1A engines to power 10 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
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NewsGE redesigns GE9X compressor part for 777X engine
GE Aviation is redesigning a static compressor part for the in-development GE9X engine, to power the Boeing 777X, after the component showed premature deterioration during the test programme.
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Rolls-Royce receives offer for ITP share sale
Rolls-Royce is in talks with Spanish technology company Indra about the potential sale of a majority shareholding in the UK engine maker's subsidiary ITP Aero.
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PARIS: CFM56 hits billion hours as last commercial 7B is shipped
CFM International is celebrating passing a key milestone at the Paris air show, with the fleet of CFM56 engines having just passed the 1 billion flight-hours mark.
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PARIS: CFM plans Leap production hike despite Max uncertainty
CFM International aims to increase Leap output by 10% next year to 2,000 engines and is not currently planning any major adjustments in the wake of the Boeing 737 Max grounding.