Engines
20 years on, IAE marks milestones on V2500
Exactly two decades ago, the consortium that was to become International Aero Engines (Hall 5, Stand B10) was formed to build an engine, the V2500, to comp

Exactly two decades ago, the consortium that was to become International Aero Engines (Hall 5, Stand B10) was formed to build an engine, the V2500, to compete with CFM International’s CFM56 to power the Airbus A320. Since then, IAE has won itself a half-share of the world’s biggest civil market for aero engines and this year will mark delivery of the 4,000th engine and 50 million hours of service on the A320 series.

Perhaps more significantly, given the state of the global economy, IAE has just delivered the first shipset of V2500-A5 SelectOne engines to the Airbus final assembly line in China, the first Airbus final assembly line outside Europe.