Lower Costs for V2500 Engine manufacturing consortium International Aero Engines (IAE) is working to reduce the operating cost of its V2500 turbofan by 20%. The move is in response to pressure from mainly US operators to reduce costs, and the 20% figure is hoped to be achieved by the end of next year by increasing

Commercial Airbus/GE A340 Study Airbus Industrie and GE Aircraft Engines have signed an exclusive agreement under which a joint team will study the engine requirements for a planned stretched version of the A340, the -600. The GE engine under study would have a thrust capability beginning at 51,000 lb (228.5 kN). The A340-600 is intended

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

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