The Airbus A320 NEO (New Engine Option) is a premium replacement for the Airbus A320. A decision on the development of the aircraft is still pending EADS board approval which should come towards the end of the year. The aircraft will not be a new design but instead will feature enhancements including:
- A choice of engines
- Winglets or sharklets as Airbus likes to call them
- New engine pylons
- Strengthened landing gear
- Strengthened outer wingbox
- New aluminum alloys borrowed from the A380
The engines are the main enhancement and there are two choices. One is the geared turbofan (GTF), a new type of jet engine from Pratt & Whitney, part of America’s United Technologies group. This engine uses a gearbox to allow the fan at the front and the turbine at the back to run at different, but optimal speeds. This, it is claimed, results in fuel savings of up to a fifth. The other engine is the Leap X, from CFM International, a joint venture between America’s General Electric and France’s Safran. It uses composites to reduce the weight of the engine.
If Airbus opts to go ahead with an A320 re-engineering program, it will price the so-called A320 family New Engine Option (NEO) with a premium of $7-8 million – or one-half the net present value of the 15% fuel savings the aircraft would deliver over today’s generation of A320s and Boeing 737s, says chief salesman John Leahy.
Checkout a new site dedicated to the Airbus A320 NEO. www.A320NEO.com
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