Between the popular A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX families, the Airbus A320neo has an edge in efficiency. Among the three engine types these two aircraft carry, the A320neo's CFM International LEAP-1A is ...
Pratt & Whitney is expanding repair capacity as airlines continue working through GTF engine removals and grounded aircraft.
Aircraft engines are among, if not the most valuable, component of any commercial aircraft. However, amid the ongoing shortage of GTF engines, which power nearly half of the world’s Airbus A320neo ...
More than 1,000 Airbus jet engines will need to be removed from passenger planes and inspected to check for microscopic cracks over the coming months, according to engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.
Airbus’ A320neo programme has moved a step closer to the real aircraft with the assembly of the first engine-to-test – the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PurePower PW1100G-JM engine. This engine is due to ...
An Airbus A320neo taking off. Problems with engines that power the A320neo aircraft are more extensive than had been previously reported. Photo Credit: Alexandre Doumenjou/Airbus Problems with engines ...
Aftermarket parts supplier and MRO provider Setna iO is the latest company to get its hands on an Airbus A320neo airframe previously operated by Spirit Airlines. The airframe will be torn down by ...
Safran and its CFM International narrowbody engine joint venture with GE Aerospace remain in negotiations with Airbus over the ramp-up required on the Leap-1A to meet the airframer’s rate 75 A320neo ...
Passengers of an Azul Airbus A320neo which aborted take-off at Cuiaba evacuated the aircraft while its engines were still running, after the cabin crew failed to understand the pilots’ instructions.
PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney has suffered a fresh problem during testing of new aircraft engines for the Airbus A320neo, but flight trials of the latest version of Europe's best-selling ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Engine maker Pratt & Whitney unveiled an enhancement to its engine for the Airbus A320neo plane on Sunday that it says will improve fuel burn efficiency by a further 2 percent, ...