Engines
Pratt Predicts PW800’s Pure Power Roots Will Drive It to Success in Big Bizjets

A day after watching Pratt & Whitney’s PW1500G engines lifting Bombardier’s new CSeries airliner for its long-awaited first flight on September 16, Pratt & Whitney Canada president John Saabas told AIN that the new turbofan’s PurePower technology PW800 cousin will soon be delivering the same step change in operating efficiency and low noise to the business aviation sector. In an interview ahead of this week’s NBAA show, he revealed that the manufacturer intends to start ground testing a demonstrator example of the 12,000- to 18,000-pound thrust engine before the end of this year and to have it flying in 2014. “We want to be in the heavy business jet market and this will give us real data to show [prospective airframers],” he said.