Engines

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Engines

GE Aviation To Cut 10 Percent of Workforce

The moves, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to save the company $500 million to $1 billion.
Engines

Safran Eyes Aviation Biofuel Production in France

Safran Helicopter Engines is studying the feasibility of producing aviation biofuels in southwest France.
Aircraft

VoltAero's Hybrid Electric Cassio Makes First Flight

VoltAero's Cassio hybrid electric aircraft is set to enter service in 2022 and is intended for various roles with between four and nine seats.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Issues Sanguine Trent 1000 Outlook

The UK engine maker sees operational and financial improvements in the second half of 2019 continuing in 2020.
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Aircraft

ANA Snubs Rolls with Order for GE-powered 787s

The Japanese airline plans to place its first GEnx-powered Boeing 787-10 into service next year.
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Engines

Russian Prepares for Superconductor Electric Motor Trials

New electric motors using high temperature superconductors could be used to re-engine existing aircraft and power new eVTOL designs
Engines

Russia Prepares for Superconductor Electric Motor Trials

Electric motors using high temperature superconductors could find applications on existing aircraft as well as new eVTOL designs.
Engines

AMES Doubling Size of Jebel Ali Facility

In addition to serving Boeing 777s, the Jebel Ali expansion will boost AMES's capabilities on the A320neo and A330neo.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Begins Building Giant Fans

Part of the drive to increase engine efficiency and reduce emissions, the Rolls-Royce UltraFan employs advanced composite fan blades.
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Engines

3D Printing Provides Part for Pratt & Whitney Engine

Three companies collaborated to create a 3D-printed aero engine part for a Pratt & Whitney turbine engine.
Aircraft

Air Baltic A220 Flight Diverts After Latest PW1500G Shutdown

The captain of an Air Baltic A220 narrowbody shut down the left PW1500G engine before diverting to Bordeaux on a fight from Riga to Malaga.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Touts Local GTF Maintenance

The U.S. engine maker celebrates a year of geared turbofan overhauls at Eagle Services Asia.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Building APAC Presence

Pratt & Whitney is commemorating 35 years in Asia Pacific and a 95-year history.
Engines

Korean Air Picks Pratt GTF Engines for its A321neos

The Korean flag carrier expects deliveries of the GTF-equipped Airbus narrowbodies to start next year.
Engines

SAESL Confident of Growth

SAESL has been operational for over 20 years; it was set up in 1999 and started operations two years later, overhauling Trent 800 engines.
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Engines

MTU Expects Particularly Strong MRO Business Growth from Asia

Asia will provide a third of MTU’s engine-MRO shop visits by 2030 and China will account for half of the company’s Asian total.
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Aircraft

Asia-Pacific Stakes Claim to Place in Urban Air Mobility Revolution

Several Asia-Pacific companies are making big investments in urban air mobility technology and the region's cities may be early adopters of eVTOL aircraft.
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Maintenance and Modifications

ST Engineering Wins $7B of Business in 2019

Singapore Technologies Engineering inked $1.5 billion in contracts in the fourth quarter, bringing its full-year 2019 contract value to $7 billion.
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Engines

Newly Expanded Sanad Looks to Asia-Pacific To Drive Businesses

The integration of Sanad's turbine businesses heralds the creation of a new 'industry champion.'
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Aircraft

Airbus On Track for E-Fan X Hybrid-Electric Flight in 2021

Airbus recently completed wind tunnel tests on a scale model of the E-Fan X hybrid-electric technology demonstrator aircraft, based on the BAe 146 RJ100.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Underlines Singapore’s Significance

UK-based engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has been producing Trent engines for airlines in the region for eight years.
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Engines

Trent Engine Marks Silver Anniversary

The first variant of the Trent engine entered service in February 1988.
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Engines

EASA Proposes Conditions for Electric/Hybrid Propulsion

EASA is looking for industry comments on its proposed Special Condition rules for electric and hybrid propulsion systems.
Aircraft

Vertical Completes Winged eVTOL Design, Seeks Funding

UK start-up Vertical Aerospace has launched a fund-raising campaign to support its work on a winged eVTOL aircraft set to fly later in 2020.
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Airlines

IndiGo Lays Out Plan for Pratt Engine Replacement

The Indian LCC must replace all nonconforming engines on its remaining A320neos by May 31
Engines

Safran Calls 2019 'Fantastic Year'

Safran Helicopter Engines certified four new models in 2019 and is continuing work on electric and hybrid systems.
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Engines

StandardAero's Canada MRO Hits Engine Mx Milestone

StandardAero's Summeride facility inducted more than 1,000 Pratt & Whitney turbine engines in 2019.
Engines

Hartzell Parent Acquires Genav Accessory Distributor

Tailwind Technologies has acquired Oklahoma-based Quality Aircraft Accessories.
Aircraft

Russia’s Aerospace Sector May Be Headed For Consolidation

Folding Russian Helicopters into the OAK structure to form one single entity is a possibility.
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Aircraft

Russia To Produce 200 Airliners Annually

State defense orders are going to subside, and the industry is looking to replace them with civil orders.
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