Originally Posted by
msprj2
Bombardier says they won’t put
GTF’s on their crj900 because it won’t save anything because of higher weight of engine. Complete BS if you ask me. Not sure why though. Let airbus help with cost of new engines, wings and avionics. 76 seats and 86,000lbs.
76 seaters are not being added to any regional fleet in the US. If they made such a machine it would be to replace existing 76 seat aircraft at best. Considering the cost of an airframe - and the engineering to mount a GTF nacelle on the empennage I can see why they say there’s no savings.