Landmark year for PurePower Geared Turbofan engine

Pratt & Whitney has surpassed the milestone of receiving orders, including options, for more than 2,000 PurePower Geared Turbofan engines while completing more than 1,250 hours and 2,800 cycles of full engine testing for its first two applications. So far this year Pratt & Whitney’s order book for the PurePower Geared Turbofan has commitments from 25 airline and lessor customers. In March, the PurePower engine won the first announced engine selections for the Airbus A320neo aircraft. Shortly after, Airbus named it the lead engine on the company’s A320neo, scheduled to enter service in 2015. Since the beginning of the year, Pratt & Whitney has won commitments to power more than 370 firm A320neo aircraft, equating to more than 700 engines.