Embraer Turns True Believer in Pratt’s GTF
The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G demonstrator takes flight on the engine company’s Boeing 747SP test bed. The PurePower series has now won a place on five companies’ new aircraft programs. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney)
The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G demonstrator takes flight on the engine company’s Boeing 747SP test bed. The PurePower series has now won a place on five companies’ new aircraft programs. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney)

In a widely unexpected move, Embraer has switched partnership alliances from GE to Pratt & Whitney with its choice of the Geared Turbofan to power the next generation of E-Jets. The decision, announced last Tuesday, gives Pratt & Whitney its fifth application for the engine line also known as the PurePower PW1000G, and leaves Boeing as the last of the four major Western airframe manufacturers not to have adopted the design.