Analysis: The dilemma of the high-tech aero-engine

Karen Walker September 24, 2018
Credit: Kurt Hofmann
The irony is woefully obvious. Aero engines developed for the newest generation of airliners are designed and built to be super fuel efficient, quiet and environmentally clean. But the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, which powers around 45% of the worldwide Boeing 787 fleet, has been brought down, in part...
Karen Walker

Karen Walker is Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Aviation Week Network Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief. She joined ATW in 2011 and oversees the editorial content and direction of ATW, Routes and Aviation Week Group air transport content.

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