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GE Aviation, part of the General Electric conglomerate, currently has the largest share of the turbofan engine market. Some of their engine models include the CF6 (available on the Boeing 767, Boeing 747, Airbus A330 and more), GE90 (only the Boeing 777) and GEnx (developed for the Boeing 747-8 & Boeing 787 Dreamliner and proposed for the Airbus A350) engines.
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines.
On 20 July 2011, American Airlines announced that it planned to purchase 100 Boeing 737 aircraft featuring the LEAP-1B engine. [22] The project was approved by Boeing on 30 August 2011, as the Boeing 737 MAX. [23] [24] Southwest Airlines is the launch customer of the 737 MAX with a firm order of 150 aircraft. [25]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration plans to convene a review board in the coming weeks to consider safety concerns about engines on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes after two bird ...
Successor of the 737-700 with new engines Revealed 08/2011 2025 [25] 737 MAX 10: Fourth generation of the 737. Lengthened 737 MAX 9. Direct competitor of the Airbus A321neo Revealed 06/2017 2025 [26] 777X: New 777 series, with the lengthened 777-9X, and extra-long-range 777-8X. New engine and new composite wings with folding wingtips: Revealed ...
The first engines entered service in 1982. The CFM56 was later selected to re-engine the Boeing 737. Boeing initially expected this re-engine program (later named the Boeing 737 Classic) to sell only modestly, but in fact the CFM56's lower noise and lower fuel consumption (compared to older engines for the 737) led to strong sales.
The FAA is reviewing an issue with the Boeing 737 Max's engine. Boeing may need to come up with a permanent solution, The Seattle Times reported. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale has activewear ...
Boeing was one of the first aircraft manufacturers to realise the full potential of the CFM56 engine. Boeing president Thornton Wilson contacted Neumann and Ravaud in 1977 with a proposal for an agreement to replace the engines of the 707 using the CFM56. On March 17, 1977, flight testing of the CFM56 began on the Caravelle flying testbench.