The recommendation is aimed at engineering and aviation readers, but its procurement chapter has broader value. The book traces the industry from 1930s air transport and wartime engine production through turbojets and turbofans. An airline must balance purchase price, fuel, crews, airport fees, maintenance, and expected earnings across an aircraft's working life. Manufacturer guarantees matter because even a small fuel-consumption error, multiplied across a fleet flying many hours every day, can become a major contractual and financial loss.
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How airliner engines became commercial systems
Powering the World's Airlines traces engine development from the 1930s and wartime production through turbojets, turbofans, and the economics of buying an airliner.