Comparing the NEO Engines
The LEAP-X from CFM International, a GE/Snecma (Safran Group) joint venture and the Pratt and Whitney PW1000G Geared Turbofan will be offered on the A320 family as the NEO – New Engine Options. Views: 312
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Airbus to Announce NEO 1 December
Airbus will formally announce the NEO – New Engine Option for its Airbus A320 family tomorrow, AirInsight has confirmed. Multiple press stories also confirm the pending announcement. This is significant on several levels: Views: 71
The unpredictable Al-Baker
What is Qatar’s CEO, Akbar Al-Baker, up to? The unpredictable Al-Baker, who has achieved the nickname U-Turn Al for his ability to pivot 180 degrees at a moment’s notice, seems to like the limelight in the press with his bombastic…
Was McNerney Unduly Pessimistic at Wings Club?
Jim McNerney, Chairman and CEO of Boeing, issued a downbeat assessment of the US Aerospace industry at the Wings Club in New York November 11 when he expressed concern that the US industry may atrophy due to a shrinking labor…
Podcast – A brief history of P&W’s GTF
This recording was made in P&W’s Customer Center in Hartford. Hence the cathedral-like audio and occasional heavy background noise. It was no recording studio! Dr Alan Epstein , P&W’s VP Technology & Environment provides an excellent history lesson and shares…
Rolls reels
What a horrible week for Rolls-Royce. Not only did they have two engines fail in a most embarrassing way – the events happened to the same customer a day apart on flights out of the same airport. (Link 1; Link…