Thanks in large part to the emergence of the PW1000G PurePower Geared TurboFan, Pratt & Whitney has staged what some might consider a stunning reversal in fortunes since its failure to win a place on the Boeing 787 and the well documented trials of the PW6000 just a few years back. Since AIN posted its last Air Transport Perspective on March 25, the Connecticut-based engine company landed one of its biggest engine orders in the past 50 years–namely, the selection by India’s IndiGo of the PW1100G for its planned fleet of 150 A320neos–and secured Lufthansa’s choice of the GTF for 30 Neos. All told, Pratt & Whitney has drawn commitments for more than 1,260 PurePower-family engines, including options.
Most recently named the lead powerplant for the Airbus’s re-engining project, the PurePower family has given Pratt & Whitney’s commercial engine business an undeniable credibility boost, allowing company president Dave Hess a new degree of self-confidence during the company’s annual Media Day, held March 31 near Pratt & Whitney’s Rocketdyne plant in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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