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IAE booming, but future over long term questioned
International Aero Engines has logged orders for $1.4 billion worth of V2500 engines at Farnborough.

International Aero Engines has logged orders for $1.4 billion worth of V2500 engines at Farnborough. With more than 5,000 powerplants in service or on order, the company’s long-term future would seem to look secure.

But how secure? At the show it emerged that its two biggest partners, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, have committed to fundamentally different approaches to powering the next generation of 150 to 250-seat aircraft to replace the hugely successful Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. IAE’s V2500 powers only the A320, claiming more than 50 percent of the market for the aircraft.