United orders Rolls Royce powered Airbus A350
12-12-2009, 07:56 PM
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United orders Rolls Royce powered Airbus A350
Interesting.....................
United Airlines selects Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines to power new fleet in $2 billion deal - Rolls-Royce
UAL is already a big Airbus/Rolls Royce operator but it's nice to see some airlines around the world ordering aircraft.
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United Airlines selects Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines to power new fleet in $2 billion deal - Rolls-Royce
UAL is already a big Airbus/Rolls Royce operator but it's nice to see some airlines around the world ordering aircraft.
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12-13-2009, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by gettinbumped
We are? What Rolls engines do we have? Unless I'm missing something, we don't presently have any Rolls Royce- except Tiltons limo
For several years, Mark King of Rolls Royce was president of IAE but recently took a promotion at Rolls and is now in charge of Civil Aerospace.
The only US Major not operating Rolls Royce is SWA as Rolls has no engine for the 737.
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12-13-2009, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by alvrb211
You actually have hundreds in service today. Rolls Royce is a senior partner in IAE. UAL became the worlds largest operator of IAE V2500 powered A320's a few years ago. The V2500 is basically a 2 spool derivative of the Rolls Royce RB211.
12-13-2009, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by tortue
So what does the Pratt and Whitney partnership bring to the IAE table?
The fact that its a US company to ease concerns about buying foreign?
12-13-2009, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tortue
So what does the Pratt and Whitney partnership bring to the IAE table? The fact that its a US company to ease concerns about buying foreign?
Pratt does lag behind GE and Rolls in terms of market share in the civil turbofan business. That said, they're still a world class firm as is JAEC, MTU, and Fiat Avio of IAE.
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12-13-2009, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by aa73
Rolls is the way to go... more power, sleeker look, overall an awesome powerplant. Those Pratts are just plain old bulky looking, especially on the 757s...
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