Engines
Geared Turbofan for Bizav Not Suited to All Missions
Business aviation will still be burning fossil fuels in things that are recognizable as turbine engines 30 years from now.

Business aviation will still be burning fossil fuels in things that are recognizable as turbine engines 30 years from now. That is the prediction of Richard Dussault, Pratt & Whitney Canada’s vice president of marketing for regional airline and helicopter engines, who spoke with AIN recently at its parent company’s West Palm Beach facility in Florida.

Like its competitors in the aircraft propulsion business, P&WC is working on ways to get yet more energy out of each drop of fuel and create fewer emissions, and the weapon of choice for parent company Pratt & Whitney is the geared turbofan (GTF), which has been picked to power three new airliners so far: Bombardier’s C Series, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) and a re-engined single-aisle Airbus called the A320 Neo.