The GE-P&W Engine Alliance is assembling its first GP7200 for the Airbus A380, and plans to begin engine testing this month at Pratt & Whitney facilities in Connecticut. Eight engines plus a core will be used in the powerplant's test and certification program, which will end in October 2006 when the first GP7200-pow-ered A380-800 is handed over to customer Emirates airline. The Engine Alliance has a firm backlog of more than 300 engines and is currently set to power 67 passenger and freighter versions of the Airbus A380.
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