Hans Wagner

Aircraft Suppliers to Benefit from Airline Fuel Woes

Beautyseer, great catch on engine washing. An interesting idea and another plus for United Technology as well as P&W.

Aircraft Suppliers to Benefit from Airline Fuel Woes

The engine manufacturers will benefit with newer engines. However, the retrofit idea is more difficult for a variety of techncial reasons. The real benefit is making the planes lighter, which then requires less power fly, which lowers fuel consumption.

The U.S. Air Force is funding research into using bio fuels as a way to heop lower the cost of fuel. This is a few years a way at the least.