FAS 2014 – Day One
Today’s show started with a bang – a predictable bang, but still a bang. Airbus confirmed the worst secret of the show by announcing it was offering the A330neo. We will address the A330neo and the competitive 787 is our…
Category Engines
American Airlines and LEAP
Yesterday Reuters reported that American Airlines is close to announcing selection of CFM LEAP engines for their Airbus neo orders. The order is for engines on 100 aircraft and reported as worth $2.6bn. What might be driving the selection of…
Did Airbus Know of the Emirates A350 Cancellation Long Before their Announcement
Vincent Lamigeon at Challenges, in France, published an interesting article today suggesting that Airbus knew of the cancellation of a 70 aircraft order from Emirates well in advance of their disclosure during Innovation Days. The article links to Emirates’ annual…
LEAP-1B progress
CFM International announced it has successfully initiated ground testing of the first LEAP-1B engine that will exclusively power the Boeing 737 MAX. CFM ran the engine for the first time on June 13, three days ahead of schedule. The LEAP-1B…
MRJ gets wing join
Mitsubishi announced today that their first MRJ has had its wings attached. The image gives the first good idea of what the real aircraft is going to look like. Mitsubishi Aircraft will soon commence commence commence the engine mounting process. …
Engine Failure: What it Means for CSeries and GTF
Last Thursday, a Pratt & Whitney PW1500 geared turbofan engine had a major failure that was partially contained. The engine failure damaged the engine nacelle and fuselage of the CSeries test aircraft FTV1, with no apparent damage to the wing…