Airbus Resumes Flight Tests With Pratt-Powered A320neo

Airbus has resumed flight testing with its Pratt & Whitney (PW) PW1100G-powered A320neo, with one of the two prototypes equipped with PW engines taking flight July 27 following a three-month grounding. Airbus was forced to suspend flight tests after a snap- ring failure in the combustor section of...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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