Aero Engine News

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Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW545D Engine to Power Cessna’s New Citation Ascend

Pratt & Whitney Canada has today announced that their new PW545D engine will power the Cessna Citation Ascend, the latest addition to...

May 18
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Air India Receives Four New CFM LEAP-1A Powered Airbus A321neos on Lease From AerCap

Air India has received their fourth of four new Airbus A321neos on lease from AerCap. The aircraft are powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines...

May 17
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Breeze Airways to Launch Their Longest Airbus A220 Flight Powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines

Pratt & Whitney joined Breeze Airways today in announcing the launch of the carrier’s longest nonstop route ever, an over 2,250 nautical...

Apr 21
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Lufthansa Technik Becomes a Member of Safran Nacelles’ Licensed MRO Network

Safran Nacelles and Lufthansa Technik have signed a license agreement for the MRO of Airbus A320neo’s LEAP-1A Nacelles. Over 2,500...

Mar 28
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American Airlines Donates Pratt & Whitney JT8D Engine to Aviation Maintenance Institute in Chicago

Although American Airlines’ last MD-80 flew in 2019, a part of the historic aircraft, one of its Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines, has now...

Mar 9
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Pratt & Whitney Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of IAE and the Versatile and Proven V2500 Engine

Pratt & Whitney today celebrated the 40th anniversary of the establishment of International Aero Engines and IAE’s versatile and proven...

Feb 14
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Air India Selects GE Aerospace Engines to Power Landmark Aircraft Orders

Air India has signed a firm order with GE for 40 GEnx-1B and 20 GE9X engines, plus a multi-year TrueChoice™ services agreement, to power...

Feb 14
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Rolls-Royce Lands Largest Ever Trent XWB-97 Engine Order From Air India

Rolls-Royce has received their largest-ever order for Trent XWB engines from Air India, who has signed a MoU for 68 engines and 20...

Feb 13
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Frontier Airlines and Pratt & Whitney Name New A321neo in Honor of Tuskegee Airman Edward Hall

Frontier Airlines and Pratt & Whitney have today unveiled ‘Edward the Bald Eagle’, a new Airbus A321neo powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF...

Feb 9
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Pratt & Whitney Canada and ATR Partner to Achieve 100 Percent SAF Readiness for PW127-Powered Planes

Pratt & Whitney Canada and ATR have today announced an agreement to collaborate on an initiative to achieve 100 percent SAF readiness for...

Feb 7
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Delta TechOps Opens New Repair Shop for Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines

Delta Air Lines’ TechOps MRO unit has opened a brand new repair shop dedicated to performing maintenance on Pratt & Whitney engines...

Jan 25
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Frontier Airlines Names Airbus A321neo After Maria Della Posta, President of Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney and Frontier Airlines have today unveiled ‘Maria the Bald Eagle’, the carrier’s second A321neo powered by Pratt & Whitney...

Jan 19
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Raytheon Expands Operations in Bengaluru With Opening of Pratt & Whitney India Engineering Center

Pratt & Whitney has today celebrated the opening of their new India Engineering Center in Bengaluru. The facility is co-located with...

Jan 11
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Pratt & Whitney Marks GTF Engine Sustainability Milestones

Pratt & Whitney has started the new year by announcing two major milestones for their GTF engines. Since entering service, the industry’s..

Dec 22, 2022
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Porter Airlines Takes Delivery of Their First Two Pratt & Whitney GTF Powered Embraer E195-E2

Porter Airlines has taken delivery of their first two of 50 Pratt & Whitney GTF-powered Embraer E195-E2 aircraft on order. The aircraft...

Dec 20, 2022
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Raytheon Technologies Completes Successful First Engine Test Run on Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator

Raytheon Technologies has conducted their successful first engine test run of the company’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator...

Dec 19, 2022
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Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000-94 Engine Marks 35 Years and Milestone 150 Million Flight Hours

Pratt & Whitney has today announced that their PW4000-94-inch engine has surpassed a landmark 150 million flight hours in 35 years of...

Nov 30, 2022
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Airbus Unveils Hydrogen Powered Zero Emission Engine

Airbus has today revealed that they are developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine, with the propulsion system considered as a...

Nov 30, 2022
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Korean Air Receives First Airbus A321neo Powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines

Korean Air has received their first of up to 50 A321neos on order powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. The new aircraft will enter...

Nov 28, 2022
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Rolls-Royce and easyJet Successfully Run World’s First Hydrogen Aero Engine

Rolls-Royce and easyJet have set a new aviation milestone with the successful run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen. The test was...

Nov 18, 2022
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Rolls-Royce Successfully Tests Low Emission Combustion System at Altitude

Rolls-Royce has successfully entered into the final phase for testing of their Advanced Low Emissions Combustion System (ALECSys)...

Nov 16, 2022
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Pratt & Whitney’s New Turbine Airfoil Production Facility in Asheville Nears Operational Capability

Pratt & Whitney’s new World-Class turbine Airfoil Production Facility in Asheville, North Carolina is nearing completion, with initial...

Nov 9, 2022
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Royal Jordanian Chooses Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines to Power up to 30 Aircraft

Royal Jordanian has selected Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines to power up to 30 aircraft, including up to 20 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft...

Nov 8, 2022
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Shenzhen Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney to Power Inaugural Fleet of Six Airbus A321neos

Shenzhen Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines to power their inaugural fleet of six Airbus A321neo aircraft. The airline...