Today, Pratt & Whitney announced that Korean Air will join their global network of MRO providers for GTF engines. Korean Air Maintenance and Engineering Division’s facility will service PW 1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo Family.
On Thursday (December 16, 2021), Pratt & Whitney announced that Korean Air’s Maintenance and Engineering Division will join their global GTF MRO network. The airline’s maintenance facility will service PW1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo Family of aircraft with full disassembly, assembly and testing capabilities. Korean Air is the eighth facility announced in Asia that will support GTF MRO work. The three shops that are currently active include MTU Maintenance in Zhuhai, China, Pratt & Whitney’s Eagle Services Asia (ESA) in Singapore and IHI, which is part of JAEC in Japan.
In today’s announcement, Pratt & Whitney’s Executive Director of GTF Engine Aftermarket, Marc Meredith, said,
“Pratt & Whitney has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Korean Air dating back to the late 1960s, and today we are excited to welcome them to the GTF MRO network. Seeing both sides of the equation – operation and maintenance – Korean Air has the experience we expect of our network providers.”
Also commenting on their addition to Pratt & Whitney’s GTF MRO Network, Korean Air’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Sookeun Lee, said,
“We are excited to be joining the trusted network of GTF MRO service providers. Since 2018, we have been flying GTF-powered A220 aircraft, with ten currently in our fleet. We are looking forward to next year, in which we expect to take delivery of our first GTF-powered A321neo aircraft.”
With over 10,000 engine orders and commitments from more than 80 customers, GTF engines currently power over 1,100 aircraft with 56 operators across three aircraft families. The expanding GTF MRO network includes the world’s leading MRO companies. Currently, there are 10 active GTF MRO centers worldwide, which are part of Pratt & Whitney’s EngineWise® solutions.
A division of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE: RTX), Pratt & Whitney is a global leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines and auxiliary power units (APUs) for commercial, military, regional, business and general aviation aircraft. Pratt & Whitney is known for their innovative technologies such as the Geared Turbofan (GTF) commercial aircraft engine and the PW800 business jet engine. In 2020, the company celebrated their 95th year in business.
Source: Pratt & Whitney