Pratt & Whitney Canada and the French-Russian Snecma-NPO Saturn joint venture are knocking at the door of the market for regional-jet turbofan engines. The geared-fan PW800 and the more conventional SM146 are not yet fully launched programs, but development is well under way. As both are looking for their first application, P&WC and Snecma are hoping the engine selection for the Russian Regional Jet (RRJ), which is being studied by Ilyushin, Sukhoi and Boeing, will be announced soon. Both had been short-listed for the RRJ last summer during the Farnborough Air Show.
A third major engine development in the regional segment is the General Electric CF34-10, which looks like a new engine rather than a derivative of the CF34-8. The CF34-10 is being designed for the Embraer 190/195 and the ARJ21 family under study by China’s AVIC I. Today, General Electric CF34 engines power all in-production and in-development regional jets with more than 50 seats, including the Bombardier CRJ700/900 and the Embraer 170/190.
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