Delta CEO Richard Anderson says, in no uncertain terms, that he wants Airbus and Boeing to re-engine the A320 and 737 aircraft, respectively.
Asked about Airbus and Boeing re-engining during a Sept. 21 interview in his Atlanta office, Anderson first referenced Bombardier’s plans for a CSeries with a Pratt & Whitney PW1000 geared-turbofan engine and the narrowbody jet being developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China. The latter’s C919 is being developed with the CFM International LEAP engine.
“There is constantly innovation in this industry, and we need that innovation. So we think the manufacturers need to re-engine these airplanes and give us the benefit of that innovation,” Anderson declared. Delta does not want to wait for the next generation of narrowbody aircraft, he added.
Anderson put Delta’s need in the context of pollution reduction, rather than......
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