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Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage Engine Achieves FAA Type Certification
Pratt & Whitney has announced that their GTF Advantage engine has received type certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration...
Feb 272 min read
Airbus A321XLR Powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines Receives EASA Type Certification
Airbus has today announced that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued the Type Certificate for the A321XLR powered ...
Feb 211 min read
Pratt & Whitney Adds Sanad Group to Global GTF MRO Network
Pratt & Whitney has today announced an expansion of their global GTF engine maintenance network with the addition of Sanad Group. Sanad’s..
Feb 182 min read
WestJet Signs Multi-Billion Dollar Agreement With Lufthansa Technik for Engine Maintenance
WestJet has today announced the signing of a multi-billion dollar 15-year agreement with Lufthansa Technik for aircraft engine maintenance..
Feb 133 min read
Porter Executes Sale and Leaseback Transaction With Avolon for Four Pratt & Whitney PW1921G Engines
Porter’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Porter Aircraft Leasing Corp., has entered into sale and leaseback financing agreements for four Pratt...
Jan 142 min read
AirBaltic to Cancel Thousands of Flights for Summer 2025 Due to GTF Engine Maintenance Issues
airBaltic has today announced the cancellation of 4,670 flights from all bases for summer 2025. This is the result of unexpected delays...
Jan 22 min read
Wizz Air Enters Commercial Agreement With Pratt & Whitney for Continued GTF Engine Support
Wizz Air has today announced that they have secured a commercial agreement with Pratt & Whitney through 2026, ensuring continues support...
Dec 31, 20242 min read
FAA Certifies Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine to Power the Airbus A321XLR
Pratt & Whitney has today announced that the FAA has certified the GTF engine to power the Airbus A321XLR, with the entry into service...
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Rolls-Royce’s Dahlewitz, Germany MRO Facility Receives First Trent 1000 Engine
Rolls-Royce has announced the arrival of the first Trent 1000 engine scheduled for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) at their...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Pratt & Whitney and Air New Zealand Announce $150 Million Christchurch Engine Centre Expansion
Pratt & Whitney and Air New Zealand hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for a $150 million 14,000 square meter expansion of their..
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Iberia Maintenance Becomes Fully MRO Operational for Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine Maintenance
Iberia has announced that Iberia Maintenance now has full operational MRO capability for RTX’s Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines, with...
Oct 22, 20242 min read
CFM International Celebrates 50 Years of Powering the World’s Commercial Aircraft
Fifty years ago, GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines (then Snecma), formed CFM International, which has become the aircraft engine...
Sep 25, 20242 min read
Iberia Maintenance Starts Use of SAF in Engine Test Benches
Iberia has announced that Iberia Maintenance has commenced the use of Cepsa’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in their engine test benches..
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Air Niugini to Power 11 Airbus A220 Aircraft With Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines
Air Niugini, the national carrier of Papua New Guinea, has finalized engine and aftermarket agreements with Pratt & Whitney for GTF...
Jul 24, 20242 min read
SKY Airline Chooses Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines to Power up to 39 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft
From the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow today, Pratt & Whitney announced that SKY Airline has selected GTF engines to power up to...
Jul 23, 20242 min read
Cebu Pacific Signs MoU for up to 152 Pratt &Whitney GTF Powered Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft
From the Farnborough International Airshow today, Pratt & Whitney announced that Cebu Pacific has signed a MoU with Airbus for up to 152...
Jul 22, 20242 min read
Pratt & Whitney and SR Technics Announce First GTF Induction at the MRO’s Zurich Facility
Pratt & Whitney and SR Technics today celebrated the induction of the first GTF engine at the MRO service provider’s Zurich facility. SR...
Jul 19, 20242 min read
Ethiopian Airlines MRO has Achieved CFM LEAP-1B Testing Capability
Ethiopian Airlines has today announced that their MRO operations have achieved CFM LEAP-1B testing capabilities. The carrier has...
Jul 9, 20242 min read
American Airlines to Purchase 100 ZeroAvia Hydrogen-Electric Engines
American Airlines has today announced that they have entered into a conditional purchase agreement with clean aviation innovator ZeroAvia...
Jul 2, 20242 min read
IAE International Aero Engines Names Kelly Horan as New President
Pratt & Whitney has today announced that International Aero Engines (IAE) has named Kelly Horan as the company’ new president, succeeding...
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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