Last month, we took a look at fleet staggering and worked with the following example. An operator purchased 16 aircraft over a 24-month period. This consisted of 32 engines and three spares
The engine—which flew for 5.5 hr. in the No. 2 position on General Electric’s 747-100 flying testbed at Victorville, California, on April 29—becomes the third member of the family to reach the flight-test stage.
Hainan Airlines is negotiating with General Electric and Rolls-Royce for engines for the 30 Boeing 787-9s that it plans to order, even though it uses GE GEnx engines for 10 new 787-8s it has in service, an industry official says.
Take a look inside GE's Erlanger Parts Warehouse at the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati International Airport (CVG) -- where on average 300,000 aircraft engine parts are shipped out to customers around the globe each week.
Although lower fuel costs may generate more MRO work as older aircraft get a new lease on life, the impact and duration of that trend is hard to predict.
Three aviation consultancies have placed the value of an American Airlines 777-300ER delivered in early February at between $165-170 million, a regulatory filing by the airline shows. The aircraft’s list price is $330 million.
