Engines
GE and P&W prep GP7200 for inaugural flight on Airbus A380
The General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance partnership was last month awarded certification of the GP7200 by the U.S.

The General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance partnership was last month awarded certification of the GP7200 by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is now preparing for its first flight powering the giant Airbus A380 airliner. The GP7200 is one of the two powerplant options for the four-engine A380 (the other is the Rolls-Royce Trent 900), and is the first airliner turbofan to have been jointly developed by the two, whose rivalry dates back to the dawn of jet propulsion.