Today David Hess, President of P&W, provided this briefing to the assembled media. The company offers an engine for anything that moves in the sky – an amazing range and depth of talent. [youtube]asDpNe-OQ9s[/youtube] Views: 25
Pratt & Whitney announced today that the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries made its first test flight on the PW flying testbed at Mirabel Airport near Montreal. This is another milestone for the GTF, which successfully completed ground testing…
Here is a very pleased Bob Saia from PW standing by a CSeries fan blade. The company firmed its order with ILFC today for 120 GTF engines plus spares. No wonder he’s smiling! Note, by the way, the blade has…
As expected, Air Lease Corporation, headed by Steve Udvar-Hazy, signed an MOU for 50 A320neo aircraft with options for 14 more. They also announced orders for 11 A330 and 1 A321 aircraft at Paris. “This new order enables ALC to…
Virgin America selected the CFM LEAP engine for its Airbus A320neo fleet. This was no surprise–we predicted this in our Paris Air Show preview below. We expected the order to be announced at the show, but this helps build momentum…
As we head into the Paris Air Show, here is AirInsight’s outlook: The big news at air shows are orders for new aircraft. Forget the drivel that Airbus “saves” up orders for the show and Boeing doesn’t. Customers drive when…