Pratt & Whitney's PW4000 Advantage70(TM) Earns FAA Certification

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney's PW4000 Advantage70 engine received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) FAR33 certification of the engine's airworthiness. Advantage70 technology upgrades deliver enhanced engine performance, including a 2 percent thrust increase, a 1 percent reduction in fuel consumption, increased durability, and reduced maintenance costs. The first PW4000-100" engines with the Advantage70 technology upgrade, which deliver 70,000 pounds of thrust for the A330 aircraft family, are scheduled to enter service in mid-2009. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company.

"We have met all FAA requirements for FAR33, the biggest hurdle to overcome in an engine development program," said Matthew Bromberg, vice president Product Line Management, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines and Global Services. "The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) CS25 process has also been initiated for the PW4000 Advantage 70 engine on the A330."

The A330-200 and A330-300 passenger aircraft will be the first to fly the PW4000-100" engines with Advantage70 in mid-2009.

Pratt & Whitney has over 16,000 aircraft engines installed with hundreds of airlines around the world. Pratt & Whitney is also a leading partner in two joint venture companies that manufacture commercial aircraft engines: International Aero Engines, which makes the V2500 for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft, and the Engine Alliance, whose GP7200 engine is in service on the Airbus A380.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.

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