D A Y 4 AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY / AIR TRANSPORT WORLD / SPEEDNEWS July 14, 2016 Farnborough Airshow Engine War Intensifies P&W’s geared turbofan and CFM LEAP battle to power A320s.PAGE 3 Qatar Cools on A350s Al Baker considers 777-300ERs to fill gap in delivery schedule. PAGE 3 Apache Fires Brimstone MBDA completes live firing trials of the direct-fire missile. PAGE 4 Norsk Titanium Wins Deals Additive manufacturing company to supply major OEMs. PAGE 6 Airbus Halves A380 Production ISTAR Chief Speaks Out Airbus is making a large cut to its A380 output, innovating and investing in the A380,” he RAF’s intelligence head criticizes as the manufacturer continues to struggle with added. In an effort to defer concerns that reduction of Sentinel fleet. PAGE 8 securing additional sales for its largest aircraft. Airbus may abandon the A380, Bregier said, The company said on Tuesday that in 2018 “The A380 is here to stay.” Personal Health for Engines it will reduce production of the aircraft from Airbus currently has orders for 319 A380s. It GE Aviation applies data analyt- the current 2.5 per month to one. has delivered a total of 193, 27 of which were ics on an industrial scale. PAGE 10 “With this prudent, proactive step we delivered in 2015. This year it has handed over are establishing a new target for our indus- 14 aircraft, as of mid-July. trial planning, meeting current commercial The decision to reduce production further Airship, C-130J: Cargo Duo demand, but keeping all our options open will result in a huge challenge to keep the pro- Lockheed markets civil C-130 and to benefit from future A380 markets,” CEO gram profitable on a recurring cost basis. hybrid airship as cargo pair.PAGE 16 Fabrice Bregier said. “We are maintaining, —Jens Flottau RUAG Aims at America Updated Dornier 228 to be mar- keted as commuter aircraft. PAGE 18 FarnboROAR! Opinion: Embrace Drones Customers don’t care if you use a What’sW the loudest airplane in drone or a helicopter. PAGE 22 thist year’s Farnborough flying display?did The F-35 of course. That’sT no surprise. But it only justjt wonwon that dubious honor from the The old-generation Boeing 727 trijet, EurofighterEurofightEurofig Typhoon. which is banned from many of the TheThe F-35F-3 tripped our decibel meter world’s noise-conscious airports, atat 112 dB asas measured from the balcony hit a whopping 99 dB on take- ofof the AviationAviation Week Network newsroom. off and wasn’t much quieter InIn fairness, it wwas hovering, making the din on landing. Surprisingly, seemseem even louder.loud The Typhoon, applying that put it on par with ShowNews DigitalDigit afterburnersafterburners forfor a climbing turn, hit 111 dB. the F-35. Thank Access daily ShowNews content on the On a quieter note, the Boeing 787 touched goodness the move. Go to aviationweek.com/shownews The power for just 84 dB on takeoff (76 dB on fly-bys), and 727s have today’s defense. the Boeing 737 MAX hit 90 dB on takeoff largely The technology and an almost inaudible 65 as it flew around. gone! for tomorrow’s. 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Secondly we liked Senior Editors Airbus A321neos, representing a significant the value proposition, not just the pricing of Scot Greenan, Mike Jerram confidence booster for the U.S. engine maker. the engine but the lower fuel consumption,” Writers Angus Batey, Paul Jackson, Guy Norris, Coming on top of an earlier announce- he adds. Tony Osborne, Lara Seligman ment at the show by Germania, which chose CFM meanwhile continues to amass fur- Copy Editor the GTF for its fleet of up to 40 A320neos, ther Leap orders with several large contracts Polly Watson the Wizz Air deal bolsters Pratt’s competi- announced for both the LEAP-1A and -1B Senior Art Director & IT Manager Kirk Fetzer tive stance against the competing CFM variants as part of A320neo and 737 MAX Art Directors LEAP-1A, offsetting fears of the fallout from orders. Highlights included 200 additional Ariel Fristoe, Magdalena Long much-publicized entry-into-service issues LEAP-1As for AirAsia, which expands its Photographer Mike Vines on the A320neo earlier this year. Wizz Air, Leap engine fleet to nearly 730 engines. TAP Digital Photo Editor which selected the engines to power 110 firm Portugal also selected 83 LEAP-1As to power Fran Vines A321neos plus a further 90 held as purchase its A320neo/A321neo fleet. Air Europe also Digital Data Manager Theresa Petruso rights, will receive the first aircraft in 2019. ordered LEAP-1Bs to power 20 Boeing 737 Managing Director Additional aircraft will be delivered through MAXs, while TUI Group also finalized an Iain Blackhall [email protected] 2024, though this will be extended up to 2035 order for LEAP-1Bs to power 10 737 MAX 8s. if the airline exercises further purchase rights. CFM’s overall backlog of engines now stands U.S./CANADA ADVERTISING SALES Beth Wagner – [email protected] The extended timeline influenced the at more than 14,000, of which 11,000 are Tom Davis – [email protected] Rob Howlett – [email protected] selection of the GTF, says Wizz Air CEO LEAP variants. —Guy Norris Leah Vickers – [email protected] Tim Reed – [email protected] Richard Brown – [email protected] Greg Smith – [email protected] David Seaberg – [email protected] Miguel Ornelas –[email protected] Qatar Airways Looks at More Boeing 777-300ERs Chris Salem – [email protected] TO MAKE UP for a bus in the past few weeks INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES Andrea Rossi Prudente capacity shortfall caused that allowed the airline [email protected] by delays in the Airbus to accept the aircraft Germany, Switzerland Robert Rottmeier – [email protected] A350 delivery stream, again. UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Benelux Qatar Airways is consid- By contrast, Qatar still [email protected] UK, Ireland, Middle East ering an additional order is not taking A320n- Ann Haigh – [email protected] for Boeing 777-300ERs, eos, six of which should Operations Manager CEO Akbar Al Baker told have been delivered by Erving Dockery Aviation Week. now according to the Marketing Communications Manager Elizabeth Sisk Qatar Airways cur- original schedule. “Part Printing & Distribution Management rently operates a fleet of the A320neo issues MM Print Services Limited www.mmprintservices.com of 34 777-300ERs and have been resolved,” Al ShowNews is published by Penton Media Inc., 9800 Metcalf it does not have further Baker said. The carrier Ave., Overland Park, KS 66212-2216. Also the publisher of Air Transport World, Aviation Daily, Aviation Week & Space outstanding orders for has walked away from Technology, Business & Commercial Aviation, SpeedNews, The Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker Weekly of Business Aviation and World Aerospace Database. the type. The airline was one of the 34 A320neos ShowNews at Farnborough Airshow: Chalet B14 among the group of launch customers it has on order in June, but so far has tel: +1 860-316-8750 for the 777X of which it has bought 60. not canceled commitments for further The carrier ordered a total of 80 Airbus aircraft. Issues Al Baker raised include A350s, among them 37 -1000s. It has the extended engine cooling time Chief Executive Officer so far taken delivery of eight -900s, but before start-up, vibration caused by David Kieselstein deliveries have been held up earlier this hydraulic pumps, and software issues. Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development Warren N. Bimblick year by disagreements over “build qual- Airbus says false software warnings Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President ity,” Al Baker said. have all but disappeared and a fix to Nicola Allais Senior Vice President & General Counsel A350 deliveries to Qatar Airways eliminate the hydraulic noise is being Andrew Schmolka have resumed now – one aircraft ar- rolled-out. Lufthansa receives the President, Aviation Week rived in June and one each is sched- first aircraft featuring upgraded Pratt Gregory Hamilton uled to be handed over this month and & Whitney PW1100G engines that ©Copyright 2016 by Penton Media. All rights reserved Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any in the following months. Al Baker said allow for shorter start-up times later form without permission. he has had several meetings with Air- this month. —Jens Flottau AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | July 14, 2016 3 Suppliers Announced for TRJet 328 Production New Turkish maximum takeoff weight of the turboprop to that of the manufacturer TRJet jet version, from 13,990 kg has announced major to 15,660 kg, giving an extra suppliers for its new 1.5 tonnes of payload. The jet version will use the P&WC regional aircraft PW306B.