RTX’s Pratt & Whitney has secured a major regulatory milestone after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the GTF Advantage™ engine for the Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
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The Pentagon has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $6.6 billion contract to supply F135 engines for upcoming F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program production batches.
Industry data shows that roughly 22% of all Airbus A220 jets are currently out of service because of problems with their Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines.
The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine powers the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced multirole fighter aircraft.
As competition intensifies for future narrowbody aircraft engines, GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney are pursuing sharply different approaches to meet the evolving needs of Airbus and Boeing.
JetBlue Airways (B6) reveals unprecedented maintenance delays with Pratt & Whitney (P&W) GTF engines requiring 360 days to complete inspection and repair cycles.
Engine maintenance delays force airBaltic (BT) to cancel 4,670 flights across its network for summer 2025, sending ripples through Europe.
Spirit Airlines anticipates $200 million in compensation for grounding of certain aircraft caused by problems with Pratt & Whitney engines.
FLY91 (IC) has entered into a multi-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&W) for engine services, covering the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of PW127M engines