Engines
New P&WC fan picked to power C Series airliner
Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bomardier C Series line of single-aisle commercial airliners.

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bomardier C Series line of single-aisle commercial airliners. The Canadian airframer confirmed the powerplant selection at the Paris Air Show yesterday during an unveiling of partial cabin mockup on display at Le Bourget. The revelation ended a month of speculation about which, if any, engine builder would step forward after the CFM International and International Aero Engines consortiums rejected Bombardier’s appeals for a nonderivative engine.

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