A gas
turbine engine for an aircraft. The gas
turbine engine comprising: a
combustor, comprising a
combustion chamber and a plurality of
fuel spray nozzles configured to inject fuel into the
combustion chamber, wherein the plurality of
fuel spray nozzles comprises a first subset of
fuel spray nozzles and a second subset of fuel spray nozzles, wherein the
combustor is operable in a condition in which each of the fuel spray nozzles of the first subset of fuel spray nozzles is supplied with fuel at a greater fuel flow rate than each of the fuel spray nozzles of the second subset of fuel spray nozzles, wherein a ratio of the number of fuel spray nozzles in the first subset of fuel spray nozzles to the number of fuel spray nozzles in the second subset of fuel spray nozzles is in the range of 1:2 to 1:5. An MTO nvPM emissions index ratio-modified fuel flow is defined as:EImaxTO,SAFEImaxTO,FF×Wf,maxTOwhere: EImaxTO,SAF is the
system loss corrected nvPM emissions index in mg / kg of the gas
turbine engine when operating at around 100% available thrust for given operating conditions if a fuel provided to the plurality of fuel spray nozzles comprises a sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF); EImaxTO,FF is the
system loss corrected nvPM emissions index in mg / kg of the gas turbine engine when operating at around 100% available thrust for the given operating conditions if a fuel provided to the plurality of fuel spray nozzles is a fossil-based
hydrocarbon fuel; and Wf,maxTO is the
mass flow rate of fuel provided to the plurality of fuel spray nozzles in kg / s when the gas turbine engine is operating at around 100% available thrust for the given operating conditions. The MTO nvPM emissions index ratio-modified fuel flow of the gas turbine engine in kg / s is less than 2. The gas turbine engine is configured to provide fuel comprising a SAF to the plurality of fuel spray nozzles. Also disclosed is a method of operating the gas turbine engine.