MUNICH, - MTU Aero Engines, Germany’s aircraft engine manufacturer delivered the 300th low-pressure turbine and the 300th turbine center frame, that powers the Airbus A380 aircraft

Michael Schreyögg, member of the board of management, programs, MTU Aero Engines, said: "The GP7000 has impressively demonstrated its high reliability in more than 1.5 million flight hours.

"In terms of fuel consumption and emissions, the engine consistently performs at levels much better than the specifications."

MTU contributes the six-stage low-pressure turbine to the GP7000, a cut-off design of the last three stages. In the design, the blade-to-vane ratios are selected with the sound waves produced in the turbine cannot propagate.

After five years in service on the Airbus A380 aircraft, the first GP7000 engines will be sent for scheduled maintenance this year. The low-pressure turbines are supported by MTU Maintenance Hannover, which carries part of the repairs.

Some of the components are sent to specialized MTU shops, to Airfoil Services Sdn. Bhd. (ASSB) in Kota Damansara in Malaysia, a joint venture of MTU and Lufthansa Technik, to MTU Aero Engines in Munich, and to MTU Aero Engines Polska in Rzeszów in the south-east of Poland. 

The GP7000 is built by Engine Alliance, a joint venture of General Electric and Pratt & Whitney with MTU Aero Engines, a stake of 22.5 percent. 
The German partner, makes the low-pressure turbine, the turbine center frame and compo-nents of the high-pressure turbine, production of the parts is in Munich, the company's headquarters,