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17 June 2019: Pratt & Whitney has exceeded 17,500 engine deliveries which include the auxiliary power units (APUs), to power aircraft for Airbus and its partners, subsidiaries and joint venture companies. The milestone has taken place because of the production ramp-up in Pratt & Whitney GTF engine deliveries to support the Airbus A320neo and A220 programmes.
"Half a century of powering Airbus aircraft is a source of pride and a highlight of our own company's 94-year history," said Bob Leduc, President, Pratt & Whitney. "Since the early 1970s, our engines have powered nearly every Airbus commercial aircraft introduced into service. When Airbus Industries came on the scene with the A300 -- the world's first twin-engine wide-body aircraft -- it was clear that a new generation of aircraft was literally taking off. This is where Pratt & Whitney forged its original
Bob Leduc said,"Our auxiliary power units (APUs) serve both the A320 family of aircraft and the A380. Airbus' twin-engine H135 helicopter and the H175 super medium-sized rotorcraft enjoy tremendous market success powered by our PW200 and PT6C engines respectively and our PW100 engines also power the ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft."
"Our customers are very pleased with the fuel burn savings and the overall economic performance and benefits our engines provide," said Tom Pelland, Senior Vice President, Commercial Engines Programmes at Pratt & Whitney. "Firm believers in the GTF include Delta, Lufthansa, Air New Zealand, JetBlue, Spirit, Swiss, Vietnam Airlines, Wizz Air, airBaltic, China Southern and many others. The GTF fleet continues to grow with plans to increase production of these engines in 2019 over last year's numbers, and we will continue to grow our backlog with additional order announcements during the 2019 Paris Air Show."
Bob Leduc added, "The GTF engine, with the architecture of the future, along with Airbus' innovative airframe designs, will drive the next generation of efficient, sustainable air travel. We see a tremendous runway for further efficiency gains and, continuing to work closely with the great people of Airbus, we look forward to meeting operators' demand for lower operating costs and reduced emissions."
