Iberia Maintenance announces full operational MRO capability for the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine
Iberia Maintenance announced that it is fully operational for RTX’s Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine overhaul. It provides disassembly, assembly, and test capability at its La Muñoza facility, strategically located next to Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. Several Pratt & Whitney GTF engines are currently undergoing maintenance at the facility. In 2022, the company joined the […]
Rolls-Royce successfully tests mtu engines with pure hydrogen
Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY) today announces that it has conducted successful tests of a 12-cylinder gas variant of the mtu Series 4000 L64 engine running on 100% hydrogen fuel. The tests, carried out by the Power Systems business unit, showed very good characteristics in terms of efficiency, performance, emissions and combustion. These tests mark […]
Air France-KLM and Apollo sign a definitive agreement for a EUR 500 million investment into an ad hoc operating affiliate of Air France owning spare engines
Air France-KLM and Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Apollo-managed funds and entities to make a EUR 500 million investment into an ad hoc operating affiliate of Air France that will own a pool of spare engines dedicated to the airline’s Engineering and Maintenance activities. Under this agreement, […]
Boeing, Ryanair Announce Order for 25 737 MAX 8s
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Ryanair today announced they finalized an order for 25 additional high-capacity 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The $3 billion order, at current list prices, was previously listed as unidentified on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website. «We are pleased to announce the exercise of 25 Boeing 737 «Gamechanger» options, bringing our firm order […]
Mobil JetTM Oil 387 Now Approved for Pratt & Whitney PurePower® Geared TurbofanTM PW1900G Engines
"¢ Excellent load-carrying capabilities combined with ability to withstand high temperatures makes Mobil Jet Oil 387 well suited for use in PW1900G engines "¢ PW1900G engine series designed to exclusively power Embraer"™s E-Jet E2 E190 and E195 aircraft "¢ Mobil Jet Oil 387 has accumulated more than 3 million hours of on-wing performance to date […]
Delta Air Lines places order for 100 A321neo ACF aircraft
Delta Air Lines today placed an order with Airbus for 100 of the manufacturer"™s modern A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration) aircraft. The U.S.-based carrier selected the largest member of Airbu"™ single-aisle Family to meet Delta"™s future requirements for aircraft with greater efficiency and additional capacity. The airline"™s A321neo ACF planes will be powered by […]
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens team up for electric future
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft. The three companies together announced the groundbreaking collaboration, bringing together some of the world"™s foremost experts in electrical and propulsion technologies, at the Royal Aeronautical Society […]
MIA wins two awards for environmental conservation from the Florida Airports Council
In recognition of its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint and conserve natural resources, Miami International Airport received two awards today at the 2017 Florida Airports Council Specialty Conference in Orlando. The 2017 J. Bryan Cooper Environmental Award was given to the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), which operates MIA, and the 2017 J. Bryan Cooper […]
S7 Airlines takes delivery of its first A320neo
S7 Airlines, one of Russia"™s leading carriers, member of Oneworld global airline alliance, has taken delivery of it"™ first A320neo which is on lease from BOC Aviation. The aircraft is the first Airbus to feature the airline"™s new livery and is also the first NEO to be operated in Russia. Powered by Pratt & Whitney […]
Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® Geared Turbofanâ„¢, the Future of Aviation, Visits the Nation’s Capital
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is displaying its PurePower® Geared Turbofan on Capitol Hill today, the revolutionary new engine platform that is more fuel and cost efficient. This new engine program has proven to be extraordinarily popular around the world with more than 8,000 engines on order, including options […]
