Commercial Aircraft Engines

SPECIAL REPORT

COMMERCIAL ENGINES 2011

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

CURRENT THINKING, STRATEGIC ANALYSIS & MARKET EVOLUTION

T see o where a new engine will take you, look at where it came from.

LEAP

History alone makes the LEAP engine the right choice for the A320neo. No other engine manufacturer equals the record of CFM* in developing and seamlessly introducing technology and innovation. Or matches its legendary reliability. The LEAP engine is the next generation. Offering 15% lower fuel consumption and 15% lower CO2 emissions than the engines it will replace. See history repeat itself. Visit www.cfm56.com/leap

*CFM, LEAP and the CFM logo are all trademarks of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of Snecma and General Electric Co.

FOREWORD

FOREWORD

2011 promises to be a landmark year for commercial engines across both single-aisle and widebody sectors as market battles play out and development intensifies. Pratt & Whitney has already gained significant traction on Airbus’s A320neo, with its geared turbofan winning the early engine selection deals and being assigned lead powerplant for the re-engined family. But CFM International – which is market leader in the single-aisle sector – is more than capable of launching a major counter-attack in the sales war as the year progresses. In the widebody sector, the latest all-new civil engine from General Electric should finally make its service debut on the Boeing 787 and 747-8. While the GEnx is the only engine option on the new 747, it is competing with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 on the Dreamliner where it currently has the upper hand in the market share battle (see page 9). But before the GEnx makes its debut, the 787 should be powered into service by the R-R Trent 1000 as it is the lead powerplant on the twinjet programme. Few will need reminding that this first delivery to launch customer All Nippon Airways should have occurred more than three years ago. It is now finally expected to take place before...