Airbus launches A320neo with new P&W, CFM engines

This will turbocharge Pratt & Whitney for the civilian market.

The next giant leap for Pratt will be to scale this engine architecture up for the big 'frames.

Are Rolls Royce starting to get the shivers yet !

After all the problems and late fees incurred on the 787 Boeing will be lucky to be around to put out a 737 replacement. More likely another tart over of an already obsolete, sad noisy old clunker. 737 NG 747-8 etc etc. Notice a trend?

Too the critics I say this, Why is what Airbus is doing with the A320 program any different than what Boeing did in the 90's with the 737 ...al a NextGen with CFM power plants and a 10 to 15% increase in efficiency.

Airbus has the advantage by mimicking Boeing (when it was still a airplane company).

The A320 frame is already comparatively advanced to the 737NG which itself dates back to the mid 60's. The 80's borne A320 incorporated FBW, Composite Material, etc. "new techonolgoy of the day"...so a better starting point, perhaps...advantage Airbus. 15 to 18% seems logical.

Boeing would be stretching the tin just a little thin...the bird is old....40+ years old.

Spring Chickens a side, I'm still hoping for the Sonic Cruiser...but I'm guessing these days Airbus will deliver it first...if not with a delay here and there.

And then there were two.... RIP McDonnell Douglass.

You just have to ask yourself where would Boeing be if they had invested in a 737 replacement 20 years ago. The plan then was to kill off the competition and increase the ROI. Shareholders are happy, no doubt the plan did work; they all go rich and moved to Chicago to build radar systems to protect the border from "aliens"...uh, I mean "terrorists" that doesn't work leaving the US taxpayers to foot the bill. I sure hope they invest the proceeds wisely. Maybe a new version of the 767?

Anyone got a clean sheet of paper?

If unions still keep "company needs to comfort us" not "we need to comfort our customer" then the Boeing will be keep behind 4ever.....

I would expect the next generation 737 (Y1 of the Yellowstone project) to blow the current A320 away. Just like the A320 blew the 737 away over 20 years ago when it was introduced. Even the Bombardier C series makes the current 737 look ancient. China will also be a serious competitor to Boeing and Airbus in the not too distant future.

I visited a coach manufacturing plant in China recently. They churn out 1200 coaches every day, The production techniques in use makes the Boeing plant look obselete..

I agree with you. Any Airbus is a piece of junk. It only takes a moron to fly an Airbus but a real pilot to fly a Boeing. "If it ain't Boeing, I an't going".

Again I'm struck by the ignorance of some reactions, The only thing happening with the introduction of the NEO engine is increasing the fan diameter from 64 inch to 81, leaving this impossible for the 737 to follow giving the limited ground clearance of this old lady.
Airbus states that only minor modifications are needed on the wing and pilons.
This leaves Boeing with a hugh task, in the period they are busy with wrapping up the 787 and 747-8 programs, simultaneously starting up a successor for the 737, will put great strain on the Boeing organisation, because they probably will have to come up with a new airframe, where Airbus is mostly relying on external engine suppliers.

So Karl ...you think Sullenburger and Skiles were morons ? I also suggest that if that ditching incident after a double engine failure had been a 737 it would have broken up on impact.

If Boeing is doing with the "Re-Engine of the 737s", it will be the fouth time. I don't think Boeing will do that. Moerever, they have tons of shits to clear in 787s & 747-8s. I thought IAE will be holding one stake in Re-Engine project. Airbus won't leave them out.

Rolls Royce must be really ticked off that Airbus launched the NEO without them in the picture.

Will RR eventually fade away like all other major industies have faded away in the British Isle? I have a hunch that this will eventually happen.

Airbus arrogance, at least as manifested w/in this blog, is exactly that for which I'd be wishing if I were a Boeing exec' right now. Such arrogance in the past has bled BOTH companies yet they don't learn from it, alas. There's no way that Boeing will concede ANYthing substantive to Airbus over the long haul, rest assured. On the other hand, however, the Chinese et al will be all to gleeful to forge ahead & leapfrog the 2 stalwarts whilst watching them infight & self-destruct. Be wary of who the REAL "enemy" is out there...

dear iguanaDC3:

Do you realy think the Chinese will conquer the world with their narrowbody? Where they have an A 320 factory in Tianjin, producing A 320 for the chinese market and are a major supplier to the A 350 program?
Are you porely informed or just a B enthousiast?

Yes, it really looks as if Rolls has shut itself out here. But on closer inspection it doesn't look so bad. Why? 1) This segment of the market is well covered with the Leap X and the GTF already. 2)Even if RR had a competing product how much of the market would they get? No, let RR get on with the bigger frames. Are RR fading away from the Isles? Yes and No. They are gravitating more and more east as that's where they see more of a future.