Southwest Airlines renewed its contract with Pratt & Whitney to provide EcoPower engine wash services on Southwest’s fleet of CFM56-7B engines. Southwest has been using the EcoPower engine wash service since 2007. In 2009, Pratt & Whitney performed 1,200 washes on Southwest’s fleet, which resulted in fuel savings of about $12.5 million and a reduction of more than 160 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. In 2010, the engine wash program could save Southwest Airlines as much as $17.5 million in fuel while eliminating up to 188 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.
The engine washes will continue to be performed at Pratt & Whitney’s service centers in Orlando, Fla., and Oakland, Calif.
