All Engines articles – Page 2
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NewsZeroAvia eyes Airbus opportunity following airframer’s investment
Advanced powertrain specialist ZeroAvia believes it can become Airbus’s future hydrogen propulsion supplier of choice following a recent collaboration pact between the two companies.
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NewsZeroAvia eyes flight-test and certification milestones before year-end
Hydrogen propulsion developer ZeroAvia is readying its converted Dornier 228 demonstrator for the next round of test flights, as it prepares to submit its certification proposal for the ZA600 powertrain to the UK regulator.
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NewsWizz Air raising utilisation and prolonging A320 leases to mitigate P&W engine impact
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is expecting to ground around 45 Airbus A320neo-family jets by the end of March 2024, in relation to Pratt & Whitney engine inspections. These figures include aircraft grounded in September 2023 and others which will be affected from mid-January next year. “The final number ...
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NewsP&W’s defective disk issue found to affect more business jet engines
Dozens of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307 turbofans on Dassault Aviation business jets may contain disks with the same manufacturing defect affecting more than 1,000 Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW1100Gs.
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NewsEmbraer expects PW1000G work will triple revenues at Portuguese MRO provider OGMA
Embraer expects a massive revenue bump in the coming years for its Portuguese maintenance unit OGMA as it begins ramping up work on Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) engines.
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NewsMHI sees ‘negative impact’ from PW1100G issues as aero-engines profit takes hit
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has flagged the “negative impact” stemming from technical issues facing the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G powerplant, with its aero-engines division seeing a dip in profit.
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NewsChina Eastern orders 25 GEnx turbofans for 787s and Xiamen picks Leap-1A for A320neos
GE Aerospace and its affiliate CFM International have landed new orders from Chinese carriers for both GEnx-1B and Leap-1B turbofans.
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NewsIndiGo ramps up mitigation measures as GTF groundings grow
IndiGo is maintaining its full-year capacity guidance as it intensifies mitigation measures in response to news that more of its Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF)-powered aircraft will be grounded in the coming months.
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NewsSaudia seeking ‘quick fixes’ to ease supply-chain impact on fleet: chief
Saudi Arabian operator Saudia Group’s chief says the airline is working to obtain “quick fixes” – though not necessarily permanent resolutions – to address the supply-chain impact on its fleet. Speaking during a briefing at the Arab Air Carriers Organization conference in Riyadh, director general Ibrahim Al-Omar said the company ...
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NewsCFM spare part sales boost Safran third-quarter revenues
Strong aftermarket demand for CFM International CFM56 spare parts on the back of increased single-aisle utilisation helped Safran to revenues of €5.8 billion ($6.1 billion) in the third quarter.
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NewsDefective disks push P&W to $2.5bn third-quarter loss as executives stress recovery plan
RTX executives insist Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has a workable plan to address a defective disk problem that forced it to recall thousands PW1100Gs engines and that pushed the company deep into the red during the third quarter.
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NewsPratt reveals other GTF variants have disk defect but predicts minimal A220 and E-Jet impact
Two other Pratt & Whitney (P&W) geared turbofan variants are affected by the powdered-metal manufacturing problem now disrupting operators of PW1100G-powered Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
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NewsGE Aerospace trims 2023 Leap delivery target amid ‘supplier delinquencies’
GE Aerospace’s CFM International joint venture will likely deliver fewer than planned Leap turbofans this year amid sticky supply chain issues and robust demand for new aircraft engines and services.
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NewsGE expects to become standalone aerospace business in second quarter 2024
General Electric expects to complete the divestiture of its energy division Vernova at the start of the second quarter of next year, leaving GE Aerospace as its sole surviving entity.
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NewsSJ-100 pylon for PD-8 engine undergoes windtunnel testing
Russian aerospace researchers are conducting windtunnel testing of the engine pylon for the Yakovlev SJ-100 version to be powered by domestically-built engines. The new model will feature Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplants instead of the PowerJet SaM146 used previously. Yakovlev carried out a maiden flight of the SJ-100 in August but the ...
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NewsAir Canada stays with GEnx for fresh Boeing 787 order
Air Canada has opted for GE Aerospace GEnx-1B engines to power its latest batch of Boeing 787 Dreamliners ordered last month.
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NewsRolls-Royce to cut up to 2,500 jobs as part of group restructuring
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is to cut between 2,000 and 2,500 jobs across its total business as part of a new structure aimed at “removing duplication and cost efficiencies”.
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NewsP&WC secures Canadian certification for high-thrust ATR 42-600S engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada has secured Canadian certification for another variant of its PW127XT turboprop engine series, bringing it closer to service-entry.
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NewsReport highlights ‘significant’ hurdles associated with sustainable aviation fuel
A new report lays out significant challenges facing the global airline industry’s plan to expand its use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), while predicting wider SAF use will inflate airfares.
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NewsLeap-1A compressor-stall problem prompts FAA to propose inspections
Several high-pressure compressor stalls involving CFM International Leap-1A turbofans have prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to propose new maintenance requirements for the engines.