Daily Insight: Thursday 30 May 2019: Pratt & Whitney GTF – Choosing the Wrong Launch Customer?
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Pratt & Whitney Briefing at Regional Airline Association
Fred Lefebvre. VP Regional Airline Sales and Marketing, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Jim Speich, GTF Marketing Director, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines presented an update on engines and APUs for regional aircraft at the RAA Annual Convention in Long Beach…
Spirit takes first A320neo delivery in the United States
Spirit Airlines accepted the first A320neo delivery in the United States with an aircraft on lease from AerCap. This is the first of five scheduled deliveries, with four additional options for Spirit. Ted Christie, Spirit’s Chief Financial Officer stated “…
Macquarie Air Finance Orders 40+10 CSeries Aircraft
Macquarie AirFinance has placed an order for 40 CSeries aircraft, with options for an additional 10, providing a boost to the program. All of the orders are for the larger CS300 model, with deliveries scheduled between 2017 and 2019. This…
A320neo First Flight
The first flight of the A320neo, powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM geared turbofan, took place this morning in Toulouse. The first flight lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes, and was hailed as successful. Airbus currently has firm…
CSeries to Resume Flying Soon
Bombardier today announced that the CSeries engine modifications have been approved by Transport Canada, been re-delivered by Pratt & Whitney, and installed on FTV2, which means an imminent return to flight testing. From what we hear, that could occur this…