Alliance details roadmap to GP7200 upgrades

摘要

Egine Alliance is confident it an maintain or extend the 1% fuel burn advantage it claims for its GP7200 on the Airbus A380 over the rival Rolls-Royce Trent 900 through systematic upgrades over the coming years.rnThe GP7200 entered service last August on Emirates' A380s. The General Electric/Pratt & Whitney joint venture's president Jim Moravecek says the engine's performance slightly bettered even the company's own in-house expectations, extending its advantage over the current Trent 900 that powers Qantas and Singapore Airlines A380s.