Virgin Atlantic, launch customer of the Airbus A340-600, has presented its first aircraft at the show ahead of its planned service entry on the London Heathrow-New York Kennedy route next week. The 311-seater is the first of 10 of the Rolls-Royce Trent 556-powered aircraft that it will take delivery of through to June 2006.
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.
