Airbus switches engine type for first A321neo flight
Airbus Group will fly the largest version of its new single-aisle plane for the first time as early as this week, though using different engines than originally planned. The plane maker has dropped plans to use engines made by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., for the maiden flight of the A321neo aircraft in favor of ones manufactured by CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric Co. and France’s Safran SA. The European company had long said it would fly the maiden flight with its Pratt-powered test aircraft first, so the shift is unusual given the years of advanced planning aerospace companies make for new jets.<br/>
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Airbus switches engine type for first A321neo flight
Airbus Group will fly the largest version of its new single-aisle plane for the first time as early as this week, though using different engines than originally planned. The plane maker has dropped plans to use engines made by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., for the maiden flight of the A321neo aircraft in favor of ones manufactured by CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric Co. and France’s Safran SA. The European company had long said it would fly the maiden flight with its Pratt-powered test aircraft first, so the shift is unusual given the years of advanced planning aerospace companies make for new jets.<br/>
