an unprecedented surge in recent years, thanks in part to the company’s de
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s helicopter turboshaft engine business has enjoyed
an unprecedented surge in recent years, thanks in part to the company’s development work on turbofan engines for business jets, company executives said.
“We have seen 300-percent growth in our helicopter engines business in the last five years,” said John Saabas, the company’s executive vice president. “In fact, there has been that level of growth in all our markets. Although the biggest growth
in dollar terms has been in the turbofan market, it’s been a boom time overall. We’ve had the right products to take advantage of the many new aircraft that have emerged. We’ve been fortunate in that technology applications developed for the turbofan world have also found applications in our turboshaft engines for helicopters.”
