GE & Pratts Team On 747 Stretch Engine Usually intense rivals, US engine builders General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new turbofan engine for Boeing’s planned 747 stretches, the 747-500X and 747-600X. The agreement covers the development of a new turbofan in the 72,000 to 84,000 lb

A Long Walk to the Aisle Three years ago in this column we wrote about the many benefits that would ensue from a partial merging of Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand. The courtship of these two eager suitors has been tortuous in every sense of the word and is something that has now taken