Airbus SAS said that East Hartford jet-engine builder Pratt & Whitney Co.’s PW1100G turbofan engine will be the lead powerplant for its A320neo series, with entry into service for planes with that engine now scheduled for October 2015, six months earlier than originally planned, Bloomberg News reports.
Airbus now has more than 300 commitments for the A320neo series, the planemaker said in an e-mailed statement.
The other option for powering A320neo planes is the LeapX engine made by CFM International, a joint venture of Fairfield-based General Electric Co. and France’s Safran SA.
