Skip to main content
Skip to navigation

List of acronyms used...

2000-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

List of acronyms used

AD airworthiness directive; AOG aircraft on ground; APU auxiliary power unit; CPCP corrosion prevention and control programme; FBO fixed based operator/ion; GE General Electric; GPS global positioning system; MDC McDonnell Douglas; NDT non-destructive testing; P&W Pratt & Whitney; P&WC Pratt & Whitney Canada; QEC quick engine change; R-R Rolls-Royce; SB service bulletin; STC supplemental type certificate; TCAS traffic collision and avoidance alert system

Source: Flight International

Topics

Engines

Related articles

News
‘Jury still out’ on engine choice for A320neo replacement but RISE appears ascendant

2025-03-26T17:53:00Z By Dominic Perry

Airbus insists it is still evaluating all engine options for its future Next Generation Single Aisle (NGSA) even as it readies for flight tests of the CFM International RISE open-fan demonstrator aboard an A380 testbed later in the decade.
News
Fuel-cell powertrain progress offers Airbus hope for hydrogen

2025-03-26T09:22:00Z By Dominic Perry

Despite delaying service entry by up to 10 years, Airbus is still pressing ahead with its ZEROe hydrogen aircraft programme and has tweaked the design of a conceptual fuel cell-powered airliner that could carry up to 100 passengers on routes of up to 1,000nm.
News
Pratt & Whitney sees international interest in F135 upgrades

2025-03-26T04:18:00Z By Greg Waldron

Pratt & Whitney is seeing significant interest among international customers for its planned F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) programme.