Hong Kong Airlines Selects P&W PW4000 Advantage70 Engines

(Singapore, February 5, 2010) -- Hong Kong Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney's PW4170 Advantage70(tm) engine to power six new Airbus A330 aircraft. The memorandum of understanding, valued at approximately $470 million at list prices, includes two spare engines and a fleet management program. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

"We are very pleased with the fuel burn and environmental performance benefits of the PW4170 Advantage70 engine," Wang Jun Shan, General Manager Purchasing Management Department, of HNA Group, parent company of Hong Kong Airlines. "We look forward to extending these benefits to our customers."

"Pratt & Whitney is proud that HNA Group is the second Chinese carrier to select the PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power its new Airbus A330 aircraft," said Todd Kallman, president, Commercial Engines & Global Services, Pratt & Whitney. "The Advantage70 engine has performed extremely well since entering service last year."

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