Engines
GE doesn’t see business case for 2nd A350 engine launch
Manufacturers of airliners typically offer customers a choice of engines for their various models.

Manufacturers of airliners typically offer customers a choice of engines for their various models. The new Airbus A350 XWB is not one of them, however. It is powered only by the Rolls-Royce Trent turbofan, and one question often asked is, “Will GE offer an engine to power the Airbus A350 XWB?”

Here in Farnborough, David Joyce, the president and CEO of GE Aviation, made the company’s clearest statement yet as to its intentions. “We still do not see a business case to launch a competing engine,” he told AIN.