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標題[新聞] PW正推動GP7000發動機成為A350除RR以外的另一選擇
時間Thu Feb 21 05:37:51 2008
就算此事成真,對華航來說為時已晚, 與勞斯萊斯發動機廠商簽的合約應該不太
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Singapore 2008: Pratt & Whitney pushes GP7000 as alternative A350 XWB engine
By Andrew Doyle
Engine Alliance partner Pratt & Whitney (P&W) is pushing Airbus to consider
adopting an enhanced derivative of the GP7000 as an alternative to
Rolls-Royce's Trent powerplant for the A350 XWB widebody twinjet family.
The move comes as the European manufacturer and General Electric remain
locked in a stand-off over offering the GEnx engine to A350 customers, with
Airbus blaming GE for refusing to adapt its engine to satisfy its performance
requirements.
P&W, a 50:50 partner with GE in Engine Alliance, believes the GP7000 can be
developed into a suitable powerplant for all three planned A350 variants, the
-800, -900 and -1000. The collaboration currently produces the GP7200 for the
A380 and is limited to powering only that airframe under the terms of a deal
struck with European Union competition authorities.
On the possibility of a GP7000 offering for the A350, P&W Commercial
marketing vice president Mary Ellen Jones says: "We think it makes a lot of
sense. The market likes to see competition and we are taking a very serious
look at it."
GE says that if it strikes a deal to offer the current Boeing 787-optimised
GEnx for the A350, it will only power the -800 and -900 variants, but not the
larger -1000 as this competes directly with the exclusively GE90-powered
777-300ER.
GE has first right of refusal to offer an engine for the A350, but Engine
Alliance could step in if the engine maker walks away.
Jones says that although GE is a 50:50 partner in Engine Alliance, the door
could still be open to a GP7000-powered A350-1000. "It's an easier sell, but
clearly there are a number of issues still," she says.
On the stalled discussions with GE, Airbus chief operating officer customers
John Leahy says: "GE has to come up with the engine we need and not sit there
and tell us we need to modify our aircraft."
GE says it may look again at developing a more powerful baseline GEnx
derivative for the A350 after 787 flight testing begins and it obtains enough
performance data to accurately predict how the engine would perform on the
Airbus twinjet.
"We are very much in active conversation with Airbus," it adds.
More stories, images, video and blogs as it happens from Singapore
Link:
www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/02/20/221701/singapore-2008-pratt.html
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→ guis:其實這也很難講..... 02/21 11:46
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