Wide-body GTF

Flightblogger reported a few days ago from Farnborough that an unidentified manufacturer has approached Pratt & Whitney inquiring about P&W’s new geared turbo fan engine for a wide body airplane.

We had the opportunity to ask the obvious question of the obvious people.

John Leahy, the COO-customers for Airbus, said definitively, “No,” it wasn’t Airbus.

That sort of narrows the field, doesn’t it? But no admissions across the tarmac at the Farnborough Air Show.

Scott Carson, the president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, gave us one of his patented, almost mischievous Scott Carson smiles and said, “No comment.” We asked, Will you deny this?

Still smiling, Carson replied, “You’re tenacious.”

One Comment on “Wide-body GTF

  1. Interesting to see where this goes. With the timeframe of the engine (from the article) of 2020-2025 it would seem too far out for any 777 replacement (unless it is a brand new airplane design on par with the 787) or 787-10 application with all the certification processes and issues that eventually come up. BWB application maybe?

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