Is the GP7200 engine (as fitted to the AF A380, if there are variations) typically transported with fan attached, or with the fan detached from the propulsion core and re-attached at the destination?
What size of aircraft is required to transport the fan and the fairing pieces, as well as the core? Are AF going to have to wait a while for an oversize cargo aircraft to be available to take the replacement (ballast
) engine to Canada?
(A quick look at some sales documents implies that the engine with fan will not fit through the doors of a 747-8F but will fit into an An-124.)