Engines
P&W prepares to powernew single-aisle airliners
Since its rejection from the Boeing 787 engine contest in April 2004 Pratt & Whitney has had to face up to a harsh new reality–that for the foreseeable fut

Since its rejection from the Boeing 787 engine contest in April 2004 Pratt & Whitney has had to face up to a harsh new reality–that for the foreseeable future the U.S.’s most venerable engine manufacturer is effectively out of the huge market for the new medium twins from Airbus and Boeing–the A350 and 787. But behind the apparent setback at the hands of arch-rivals Rolls-Royce and General Electric lies the emergence of a newly structured Pratt & Whitney, which is aiming to be in better shape than ever to face the future.