Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of Pratt & Whitney, announced today that Afrijet of Gabon has signed a 12-year Guaranteed Maintenance Cost Plan (GMCP) to cover the engines […]
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Pratt & Whitney Surpasses 1,000 GTF Engine Orders To Date in 2022
Pratt & Whitney today announced that the company has surpassed 1,000 orders and commitments for GTF engines since the beginning of 2022. These include engines for Airbus A320neo, Airbus A220 […]
Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines to Power 20 Additional Embraer E195-E2 Aircraft for Porter Airlines
Pratt & Whitney today announced that Porter Airlines (“Porter”) has exercised purchase rights for another 20 GTF-powered E195-E2 aircraft. This brings Porter’s order to date to 50 firm E195-E2 aircraft, […]
Pratt & Whitney F100 Engine Celebrates 50 Years of Service and 30 Million Flight Hours
Pratt & Whitney ushered in a new era of fighter engine capabilities in 1972 when the F100-PW-100 powered the first flight of the F-15 Eagle. With a thrust-to-weight ratio 50% […]
Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines to Power 12 More Airbus A220 Aircraft for Delta Air Lines
Pratt & Whitney announced today that Delta Air Lines (“Delta”) has exercised purchase rights for another 12 GTF-powered A220-300 aircraft. This brings Delta’s order to date to 107 firm A220 […]
Air Lease Corporation Selects Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines to Power Up to 166 Airbus Aircraft
Pratt & Whitney announced today that leading aircraft leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has selected GTF engines to power 80 firm A320neo family aircraft, as well as 76 firm […]
Pratt & Whitney’s Industry 4.0 Strategy Driving Operations Modernization
Lean, connected, automated initiatives resulting in increased efficiency, productivity Pratt & Whitney is modernizing and transforming its Operations business with Industry 4.0 technologies in the pursuit of unbeatable manufacturing and […]
Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage™ Engine Certification Testing Begins
Pratt & Whitney today announced that it has started FAR33 certification testing of the GTF Advantage engine. The company continues to run extensive endurance testing to ensure product maturity at […]
Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace Expand Leadership in Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Technology with New STEP-Tech Demonstrator
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Collins Aerospace (Collins), both Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) businesses, today announced the launch of a new hybrid-electric technology demonstrator program applicable to future advanced air […]
Malaysia Airlines signs five-year deal with SITA to boost connectivity across its global operations
Fast, secure, and reliable connectivity will support the carrier’s post-pandemic recovery. Malaysia Airlines has renewed its partnership with SITA for a comprehensive upgrade that will link its global operations to […]