The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 is a retired high-bypass turbofan designed for the Airbus A318, with a design thrust range of 18,000 to 24,000 pounds-force. Pratt & Whitney designed it with minimum complexity to cut maintenance costs and save weight and fuel, but tests showed that the original five-stage high-pressure compressor missed the promised fuel burn, and many early customers switched their orders to the rival CFM56-5. The company then certified an updated design with a six-stage high-pressure compressor designed by MTU Aero Engines, which also manufactured that compressor and the low-pressure turbine, with final assembly at MTU in Hanover, Germany. The engine first flew on a test aircraft on 21 August 2000 from Plattsburgh International Airport. LAN Airlines ordered A318s with the engine in 2005, but it proved a commercial failure and every airframe it powered had been retired by 2019.
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Displacement or Thrust18,000 to 24,000 pounds-force (80 to 107 kilonewtons) design thrust 1 Connections
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The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 is a retired high-bypass turbofan jet engine designed for the Airbus A318 with a design thrust range of 18,000–24,000 lbf (80–107 kN).
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The engine made its first flight August 21, 2000
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with a design thrust range of 18,000-24,000 lbf (80-107 kN)
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The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 is a retired high-bypass turbofan jet engine designed for the Airbus A318 with a design thrust range of 18,000-24,000 lbf (80-107 kN).
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Airbus A318
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