What is the average RPM of a jet engine (and how does it compare to a car?)

It's no secret that jet engines are very different to automotive engines. How high does a modern jet engine actually rev? Is ...
Aviation Pros

Parts Report: Which Parts Were Most Highly Searched in April 2026?

Engine components, especially for CFM56 and LEAP engines, dominated global search activity, representing 56% of top searches ...
Avionics International

Q&A: An Industry Veteran Discusses Today’s Challenges in the Aviation Engine Market

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Matt Eales, managing director of EAL Engine Services, a UK-based aviation ...
SlashGear

What Are Those Little Fins On Jet Engines For?

There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a staple of engine design. Many of these things are also found in the engines of ...
American Machinist

GE Aero Expanding for Jet Engine Demand

The West Jefferson, N.C., plant produces commercial and military aircraft engine components, including rotating parts, blisks, high-pressure turbines, and spools for the CFM LEAP-1B engines that power ...

Here's why a nearly new Airbus jet is more valuable as spare parts

A nearly new Spirit Airlines jet was shredded by the giant claws of a heavy-duty excavator in a video that transfixed ...
Supply Chain

Fake Jet-Engine Parts Case Prompts Call for Supply Chain Reforms

GE Aerospace, Airbus SE and other aviation heavyweights proposed a series of reforms to tighten up aerospace supply chains after the discovery of spare components allegedly backed by falsified records ...

How Pratt & Whitney's Game-Changing GTF Engine Created Problems Airlines Weren't Prepared For

The Pratt & Whitney GTF engine has grounded hundreds of aircraft and exposed vulnerabilities in the global engine maintenance ...