The MD-90 has received US certification from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Rolls-Royce has agreed to buy Allison Engine Company for $525 million.
Boeing will hold current prices on spares until mid-1996. Airbus Industrie has frozen the price of spare parts at 1994 prices for 1995 orders.
Shannon Aerospace has been awarded a contract for C-checks and an interior reconfiguration of seven Boeing 757-200s by German charter carrier LTU Süd.
Source: Airline Business
Shortages of cast metallic parts and other components continue hindering Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) ability to produce new engines and to ramp up maintenance work needed to address its recall of PW1000G geared turbofans.
GE Aerospace’s deliveries of Leap turbofans slowed significantly in the second quarter of 2024 due to lingering supply chain troubles, with the company’s chief executive describing the quarter as “disappointing”.
Taiwanese carrier EVA Air has chosen GE Aerospace GEnx engines to power four incoming Boeing 787-10 widebodies.
