Royal Jordanian Airlines has selected IAE V2500 engines to power its new Airbus A320 family aircraft, International Aero Engines announced yesterday at Dubai. The first stage of Royal Jordanian Airlines’ fleet renewal programme, the new aircraft – an initial four A320s and two A321s, all leased – will be delivered between November 2005 and November 2006.
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.
Developing novel propulsion technologies has proven more challenging than expected, leaving Embraer’s chief engineer now predicting his team would need until 2040 to bring a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft to market.
German turboprop manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft is justifying an ambitious outlook for its D328eco, arguing that there are fewer rival manufacturers pursuing the primary markets. Deutsche Aircraft, in its latest full-year financial statement, says its planning for the D328eco “assumes” sales of 1,000 aircraft, based on various market studies – a ...