P&W Offers PW4000 94-Inch Advantage Performance Upgrade Package

• to Reduce Fuel Burn and Operating Costs

(Singapore, February 5, 2010) -- Pratt & Whitney will offer an Advantage Performance Upgrade package for the PW4000 94-inch family of engines that will deliver 1 percent fuel burn reduction and improve engine durability. Other benefits of the package include lower greenhouse gas emissions, lower gas exhaust temperature and increased time on wing. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

Following the successful entry into service of the PW4000 Advantage70(tm) engine for the Airbus A330 aircraft, Pratt & Whitney will leverage service-proven technologies, improvements made to High Pressure Turbine (HPT) and High Pressure Compressor (HPC) modules to deliver the PW4000 94" Advantage Performance Upgrade benefits.


"The upgrade will be available second quarter 2010, and it will offer PW4000 94-inch operators benefits to reduce costs while also improving environmental and operational performance" said Andy Tanner, vice president, Product Line Management, Pratt & Whitney. "The Advantage Performance Upgrade package can be incorporated during a performance restoration shop visit."

Source : Pratt & Whitney, A United Technologies Company (NYSE:UTX)