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FAA ETOPs Ruling Consolidates Widebody Twins Value Advantage

Author: Aircraft Value Intelligence
January 22, 2007

The Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) relaxation, indeed elimination, of Extended Twin Engine Operation (ETOPs) restrictions provides a fillip to values of longer-range, twin-engined widebodies, allowing the aircraft to compete on equal footing to three- and four-engined aircraft such as the MD11 and A340.

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