Plane makers fit cleaner engines

Name: Plane makers fit cleaner engines
Uploaded: 2011-11-09T00:01:45.000Z
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: Airbus and Boeing will both be fitting new, more fuel-efficient jet engines on their single-aisle aircraft, the 737 and the A320. BBC business reporter Jeremy Howell visits the company that will make them.

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Both Airbus and Boeing have decided to fit new engines to their best-selling aircraft, the A320 and the 737. Both will fit more fuel-efficient Leap engines, which are made by the US firm GE and the French firm Snecma. BBC business reporter Jeremy Howell has visited Snecma to find out more.

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9 November 2011