Aircraft & Engines

Airbus selects Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 as exclusive engine for the A330neo

Airbus has selected Rolls-Royce’s new Trent 7000 as the exclusive engine for the new Airbus A330neo. The Trent 7000, launched on Monday July 14th, is the seventh member of the Trent engine family. Over the last 19 years, Rolls-Royce Trent engines have accumulated more than 75 million flight hours. The majority of modern widebody aircraft,

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American Airlines, easyJet and Spring Airlines choose CFM engines to power new fleets

American Airlines has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. CFM values the engine order at $2.6bn at list price. The aircraft order was originally announced in July 2011 and American will begin taking delivery in 2017.  American also has orders for LEAP-1B engines to

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ATR reports new sales record for the first half of the year

At the Farnborough Airshow, the turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR announced that it has taken firm orders for 144 aircraft (119 ATR 72-600 and 25 ATR 42-600), with options for 112 additional aircraft, since the beginning of the year. This year’s contracts, of which many will be revealed during the week of the show, represent a

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Boeing selects supplier for 737 MAX Full-Flight Simulator

Boeing selected TRU Simulation + Training as its supplier for state-of-the-art full-flight training suites for the 737 MAX.  The initial suite will include a full-flight simulator, a flat-panel training device and 10 desktop trainers which are anticipated to be ready for training in 2017 for customers new to both the Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX.

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Rolls-Royce powers first delivery of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Air New Zealand

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines will power the first delivery flight of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, to Air New Zealand, ahead of the aircraft’s entry into service. The delivery flight marks a new era in the relationship between Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce. The airline was the first to order Trent 1000 engines, for 10 Boeing

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Boeing forecasts demand for 36,770 new airplanes valued at $5.2 trillion

Boeing projects a demand for 36,770 new airplanes over the next 20 years, an increase of 4.2% from last year’s forecast. The company released its annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) on July 10th in London, estimating the total value of those new airplanes at $5.2 trillion. Fueling this year’s forecast is the single-aisle market, which

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MTU Aero Engines takes stake in GE9X engine program

MTU Aero Engines will be taking a 4% workshare in General Electric’s GE9X program. Germany’s leading engine manufacturer will be manufacturing and assuming design responsibility for the engine’s turbine center frame. Over the life of the program the workshare will be worth around €4.0bn in revenue for MTU. The new engine will be designed to

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Bangkok Airways signs contract for three additional ATR 72-600s

Thailand’s Bangkok Airways and the European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR signed a contract for the purchase of three ATR 72-600s, valued at approximately US$24.6m each. This deal represents the conversion into firm orders of the options included in the deal unveiled earlier this year at the Singapore Airshow (6 firm ATR 72-600s and two options),

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