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Scott Hamilton speaks with Pratt & Whitney's Bob Saia about the PurePower (AKA GTF). They talk about scalability, engine variants, materials, MRO/costs, and he mentions the Goodrich nacelle technologies. This lat item is something not often discussed...

Scott Hamilton's second part of his discussion with Pratt & Whitney's Bob Saia. They discuss the new engines coming out as well as new airplane programs. We have an interesting view of open rotors - an open rotor needs more than double the diameter of a regular fan engine...

Lufthansa's EVP Corporate Fleet is Nico Buchholz and he is based in Frankfurt. Herr Buchholz is a very important man in the airline business; he and his team buy planes for Lufthansa, Swiss, Brussels, Austrian and BMI. So he is on many OEM speed dial lists. He and his team make fleet decisions tha...

Guy Norris from Aviation Week recently went to visit P&W's Florida test facility. There he got to see and hear the new GTF engine. His thoughts are most encouraging. He notes the quiet confidence among the PW team and of particular interest is what he picked from NASA...

This recording was made in P&W's Customer Center in Hartford. Hence the cathedral-like audio and occasional heavy background noise. It was no recording studio! Dr Alan Epstein, P&W's VP Technology & Environment provides an excellent history lesson and also shares some thoughts on the future. List...

Jon Ostrower gives us a quick sense of how the P&W team and its engine are doing after his recent visit. The team is quietly confident - there are a number of opportunities they see to get back into a leading supplier role. Having missed a few in the past P&W knows what it means to not be an option...

This story has suddenly picked up speed as both Airbus and Boeing discuss re-engine options for their single aisle airplanes. Scott Hamilton and Jon Ostrower discuss the nuances facing both firms - the engine options, the competitor moves and of course, the CSeries which seems to be driving a lot mo...

This is a very interesting airline - it has leaped into prominence recently with both strategic and tactical moves. CAPA's Kathryn Creedy explains that these strategic investments in airlines helped cement its relationships. Tactical moves brought it into news deals - as in Hawaii. Republic has m...