IAE has had a good showing on the Airbus A320 family, but with the denigration of the GTF engine by Rolls-Royce, the consortium is now on borrowed time.
International Aero Engines (IAE) gave CFM International its first real taste of competition on the Airbus A320 family, but with consortium member Rolls-Royce embroiled in a legal challenge to Pratt & Whitney, while continuing to belittle the GTF engine, the prospects of IAE being involved in either re-engining or replacement narrowbodies looks considerably diminished.
Airbus has made known that it would prefer the GTF engine solution to be made available through IAE – given the breakdown in relations between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, this probably......
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