Poised for Success

1/2011 Poised for success MTU Aero Engines Holding AG Dachauer Straße 665 Customers + Partners Technology + Science Products + Services 80995 Munich • Germany Tel. +49 89 1489-0 Fax +49 89 1489-5500 Fly over the terrain Layer by layer A tradition and a future [email protected] www.mtu.de Contents Cover Story Poised for success 6 – 11 Customers + Partners Brazil’s top performer 12 – 15 Fly over the terrain 16 – 19 Technology + Science Layer by layer 20 – 25 Don’t touch, just look 26 – 29 Fly over the terrain Layer by layer Fast and unique, the U.S. Navy’s air cushion vehicles are used to bring Germany’s leading engine manufacturer is using additive processes Products + Services men and equipment from ship to land whenever dock facilities or har- to manufacture prototypes. The company plans to mature these pro- One face to the customer 30 – 31 bors do not exist. Now they are about to be replaced. MTU’s affiliate cesses for use also in production. The advantages: shorter process- A tradition and a future 32 – 35 Vericor intends to supply the gas turbines for the new craft. ing times, sped-up innovation cycles and lower development cost. Page 16 Page 20 Poised for success Global The A320neo will cut fuel burn by as much as 15 percent and carbon A resounding success in the Middle 36 – 39 dioxide emission by 3,600 metric tons per year. At the same time, its Kingdom payload will be increased or its range extended. The airliner owes this impressive performance boost first and foremost to its new engines. Page 6 Report Europe’s biggest flying laboratory 40 – 43 In Brief 44 – 45 Masthead 45 One face to the customer A tradition and a future Germany, China and Canada are just three of the countries in which MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg is MTU’s center of excellence MTU Maintenance operates shops. Now that the company has opti- for industrial turbines and small and medium-sized Pratt & Whitney mized its commercial repair operations each customer has one con- Canada engines. This year, the company celebrates 75 years of engine tact to take care of all its repair needs – no matter where the work is construction in Ludwigsfelde and 20 years of affiliation to the MTU carried out. group. Page 30 Page 32 2 3 Editorial Dear Readers: Whenever a new engine is launched, one of the most pressing questions— that is, one of the most important strategically—is how quickly that engine can establish itself in the market. In this regard, the almost instant success of the PW1000G geared turbofan is really remarkable. Bombardier has selected the engine to provide exclusive power for the CSeries, Mitsubishi for the MRJ, and Irkut for the MS-21. In all, we are talking about several thousand aircraft here. And the big breakthrough came at the beginning of the year, when Airbus decided to upgrade its best-selling A320 and give it new engines. Again, the PW1000G was chosen as one of the engine options. The A320neo is believed by industry experts to have a market potential of 4,000 units. This estimate is borne out by the first wave of orders received, one of the customers being the renowned German flag airline Lufthansa. Assuming around half of these aircraft are ordered with PW1000Gs, that would translate into sales of up to 12 billion euros for MTU in new and MRO business, taken over the entire life of the engines. The size of this figure gives a good idea of just how important the geared turbofan is to our company. It will become our most important commercial program. One might be tempted to infer from this success that our best-selling engine currently, IAE’s V2500, has served its time. But I don’t see things that way; the V2500 is a highly advanced engine that will continue to do extremely well in the market in coming years. After all, a very large number of aircraft are on order and have yet to be delivered. The V2500 will still be flying for decades to come, be sent to MTU for shop visits, and remain a key program in our port- folio. Our partners in the IAE consortium share MTU’s opinion, which is why we have chosen to extend our cooperation agreement until 2045. At the same time, we have decided to bring an even more fuel-efficient upgrade option to market, the V2500 SelectTwo. Both of these moves go to show that we stand four-square behind IAE and its engine. The development and launch of the geared turbofan is a textbook example of how to transition seamlessly from one successful program to the next. This is how an engine company needs to work if it wants to be successful over the long term and play within the industry’s big league. And what’s even more: The PW1000G is not only the first in a new line of engines. It marks the beginning of a whole new generation of engines. Through its focused commitment, MTU has proved once again its keen sense of which technologies have the potential of meeting the needs of tomorrow’s markets. Sincerely yours, Egon Behle Chief Executive Officer 4 5 Cover Story Poised for success By Patrick Hoeveler A smart move by Airbus: The aircraft manufacturer is to bring out an upgraded A320 for around a tenth of the cost of developing a new model from scratch. The A320neo will deliver fuel savings of up to 15 percent, representing up to 3,600 metric tons of carbon dioxide saved per aircraft per year; simultaneously, its payload will be increased by up to two metric tons, or its range extended by 950 kilometers. It is first and foremost the airliner’s new engines that give it such an impressive performance boost. A true marvel of economy, the A320neo is putting pressure on its competitors. fter much deliberation, the European aircraft manufacturer finally gave the green light for A the launch of its A320neo on December 1, 2010. In view of developments in the market, Airbus had to decide whether to modify its best-selling medium-haul A320 aircraft or start from scratch with an all-new model. Said John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers: “15 percent fuel burn reduction, 1,400,000 liters saved per airplane per year. If you could do it—and we can, technologically—why would not you?” But that was not the only powerful argu- ment in favor of a re-engined version. New aircraft types equipped with new engines, for example the Bombardier CSeries and the Irkut MS-21, are enter- ing the market and increase competition. What is more, Airbus is certain that the technologies needed for an entirely new model will not be ready before the second half of the next decade. 6 7 Cover Story Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders put the concept in a nutshell: “We are leveraging a reliable, mature aircraft and are making it even more efficient and environmentally friendly.” Here are some quick facts: To date, the A320 family has accumulated more than 50 million flight hours, with a 99.7 percent reliability. According to Airbus, the A320neo family will have 95 percent airframe common- ality with the standard A320 family, which reduces the development risk. The main modifications are to the wings, strengthening them to accommodate the larger engines, and new engine pylons for each of the different models. The fuselage remains unchanged. The A320neo family of aircraft (neo stands for new engine option) will also incorporate fuel-saving large wing tip devices called Sharklets. According to Airbus, these en- hanced winglets are expected to result in at least 3.5 percent lower fuel burn over longer sectors. They will addi- tionally be available also for standard A320 aircraft from the end of 2012 on, with Air New Zealand being the launch customer for the Sharklets. The A320neo is not intended A GTF demonstrator at Pratt & Whitney’s facility. to replace the current best-seller, which has sold almost 7,000 units in all its versions, but will rather be offered alongside it, at a list price roughly six million euros higher than that of the existing model range. Deliveries from the European manufacturer are slated to commence in 2016. It did not take long for the first sales contracts to come through. Airbus announced the first firm order for its newest airplane in January this year: Virgin America signed a firm order for 30 A320neo and 30 regular A320 aircraft, and thus becomes the first firm customer for the re- engined version. Other airlines followed Virgin’s example. Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson says: “We’re delighted to have ordered a plane that is so environmentally friendly. It’s something we’ve been working on, may- The geared turbofan engine made its first flight on the wing of a Boeing 747SP. be even giving a little shove to the manufacturers, over the last few years, and it’s great they’ve delivered. We’ve been very outspoken about the need for the airline industry to get its act together, to become as environmentally friendly as possible. Airbus listened and delivered.” Also in January, IndiGo signed a memorandum of understand- ing for the purchase of 150 A320neos and 30 A320s. Airbus is offering the A320neo with two engine choices— CFM International’s LEAP-X, and Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G. The competitors vying for the contracts will be the same as in the standard A320 program, albeit with some changes to the cooperative arrangements.

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