The Burnley factory of Safran Nacelles (www.safran-nacelles.com) has produced its 2,000th thrust reverser for variants of the Honeywell HTF7000 engine.

Thrust reversers, which have been manufactured at the site for over 20 years, are produced to a best-in-class quality standard, and have been supplied for a number of aircraft and engine variations, including the Bombardier Challenger 300/350, the Embraer Legacy 450/500, the Gulfstream G280 and the Textron Cessna Citation Longitude.

The assembly line in Burnley has been re-engineered into a single stepping line to support the four different customer variants of the product.

Simon Hallas, acting managing director of Safran Nacelles, said: “The business jet is a critical market for Safran Nacelles, as we can leverage our design, engineering and industrial skills to manufacture quality products that meet the needs of our global customers.

"Over the years, we have developed our knowledge of our customers in this particular market, and we fully understand where we can increase customer value and competitiveness.”

In the past 20 years, more than 3.5 million flight hours have been logged by the different variants, and a Cessna Longitude fitted with Safran thrust reversers completed a world tour in March 2018.

The company also provides business jet nacelles for the Dassault F7X and F8X, the Bombardier Global 5000, 6000 and 7000, and the Gulfstream G550.