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Air Lease Corporation selects Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines to power up to 166 Airbus aircraft

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has selected GTF engines to power 80 firm-ordered A320neo-family aircraft, as well as 76 firm-ordered and ten option GTF-powered A220 aircraft.

This brings ALC’s total to date to 222 firm orders and ten options for GTF-powered aircraft. “ALC is continuing to foster our fleet’s growth in 2022 and beyond,” said John Plueger, Chief Executive Officer, ALC. “We are pleased to add more GTF-powered aircraft to our fleet, which offer our customers world-class operating economics and dependability.”

ALC owns, manages and has on order more than 275 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, including Airbus A220 and A320neo families with GTF engines, Airbus A320ceo-family aircraft with V2500® engines and Airbus A330-family aircraft with PW4000 engines. ALC serves over 110 customers in approximately 70 countries with dynamic fleet solutions.

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