RR trent 1000 http://www.airnz.co.nz/aboutus/mediacentre/pressreleases/airnz_announces_lon g_haul_fleet.htm kr -----Original Message----- From: john_h_flinders [mailto:john_h_flinders@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:50 AM To: orders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [orders] Re: [news] Air NZ power plants: GE or Rolls-Royce --- In orders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jim Klug" <j_2h@xxxx> wrote: > 01.06.2004 > By RICHARD PAMATATAU and CHRIS DANIELS > > Pratt and Whitney was also a contender to supply new engines but has since packed up and gone home. > > Rolls-Royce and GE have both had teams at Air NZ working on the As I see it, the Air NZ powerplant decision illustrates the bind that Pratt & Whitney now finds itself in in the widebody market. With the 7E7/777 combination fleet likely to become more common as time progresses, and Pratt unable to offer a powerplant for the 7E7, I don't think it can be regarded as a serious contender for new 777 business any more. Worse for Pratt and Whitney is the fact that it will lose some/many existing customers to GE or Rolls to power future 777 orders. In fact, this has already been happening in the Japanese market, in which JAL has moved over to GE90's (as a consequence of the GE90-115B on the 777-300ER). In the same way, it is only a matter of time before GE pushes Pratt out of ANA as well. In fact, I doubt Pratt will power a single more 777 in the Japanese market - which it once had to itself. Unless something dramatic happens, and I can't imagine what that might be, Pratt will become increasingly irrelevant as the next generation of widebody aircraft phases in. John. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/j2LplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Orders includes 755 members. http://surf.to/orders Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: orders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/