Boston, MA 09/26/2014 (wallstreetpr) – United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX)’s company Pratt & Whitney announced that they powered the launch flight of AIRBUS GROUP (OTCMKTS:EADSY)’s A320neo.
Maiden Launch
As the press release highlights, Airbus’ A320neo incorporated Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower engines. The company had chosen PW1100G-JM engine during a previous launch occasion of the same aircraft lineup in 2011. As of now, the initial flight of the aircraft is in air much ahead of schedule. This has been achieved by the commitment of AIRBUS GROUP (OTCMKTS:EADSY) and Pratt & Whitney.
At the maiden flight launch event, Pratt & Whitney’s President, Paul Adams, said that the flight marks another successful endorsement of the company’s Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) technology. He said that the A320neo that has been powered with their engine will establish renewed standard for narrow body efficacy and economics. He commended the achievement saying that the PurePower engine is capable of enabling the aircraft to deliver best in class performance.
Advanced Technology
The GTF technology provides growth opportunity as an additional 2% fuel burn improvement allows the reinforcement of the A320neo’s 20% savings in fuel burn before 2020. Pratt & Whitney claim that it has fully finished as many as 11,000 testing hours across the PurePower engine family, which includes 23,000 testing cycles.
The PW1100G-JM engine had successfully finished developing its first flight in May 2013 on Pratt & Whitney’s flight testing aircraft. Until now, the company has gained success in the completion of over 26 development engines and three flight test endeavors to prove the PW1100G-JM engine. The first engine was tested back in Nov, 2012, within two years of the launch of the GTF campaign.
With headquarters in France, AIRBUS GROUP (OTCMKTS:EADSY) is the leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft. The company has set new levels for the aviation industry with its superior technology. Pratt Whitney is a global leader of designing and manufacturing aircraft engines.
