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Commercial Aircraft Engines for Widebody Jets

Airlines generally deploy widebody aircraft on long-haul routes serving a high number of passengers. Since high capacity utilization is the only efficient way to operate widebody aircraft, manufacturers developed a broad portfolio of aircraft types and variants of different sizes and ranges. The diversity in widebody jet markets is mirrored in the requirements placed on the engines that power them.

As a firmly established player in the global engine business, MTU holds a major stake in a whole range of widebody engine programs. These include the massively successful CF6, which powers the Airbus A330 among others, the GEnx for the Boeing Dreamliner and the Boeing 747-8, and the GE9X, which will power the new Boeing 777X. Once released, this will be the world’s largest and most powerful commercial engine.

 

  • GEnx

    Based on the proven architecture of the GE90, GE Aviation’s GEnx engine was designed to power medium-capacity widebody aircraft.

  • GE9X

    GE Aviation’s GE9X engine will power the new Boeing 777X widebody aircraft; once released, it will be the world’s largest and most powerful commercial engine.

CF6

The CF6 is a two-shaft turbofan engine for medium- and long-haul widebody aircraft produced by Airbus and Boeing. MTU manufactures parts of the CF6 turbine and compressor—and has now produced over a million of these components. MTU Maintenance looks after several models belonging to the CF6 family at its Hannover and Vancouver sites.

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