By Bjorn Fehrm
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Introduction
26 April 2015, C. Leeham Co: With Emirates Airlines deciding for Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines for its 50 new A380s and admitting that it would accept that this could be for all of them if Airbus does not proceed with an A380neo, the time has come to look at how much incremental improvements can be brought on the present A380.
Our proprietary aircraft model is particularly suited for such studies as we can change any parameter and read the result off the efficiency scale. We can also play with the aircraft’s configuration and see what effect it will have. Based on Emirates’ new configuration of A380s equipped with the Trent 900 engine, we have checked what incremental improvements are doable and what would they bring.
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Category: Airbus, Boeing, Emirates Airlines, Engine Alliance, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, Premium, Rolls-Royce
Tags: 747-8, 777, 777-300ER, 777X, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Emirates, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney