Sichuan Airlines becomes first Chinese airline to directly order PurePower engines

Sichuan Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its fleet of 24 A320neo aircraft. The fleet will consist of 15 purchased and nine leased A320neo aircraft, making Sichuan the first Chinese airline to select PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its purchased A320neo aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017. The PurePower engine family has completed more than 22,000 hours and 38,000 cycles of testing.