LE BOURGET, France, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PARIS AIR SHOW -- Air China's Boeing 777 fleet powered by PW4000 engines has surpassed 550,000 hours, or the entire operational span of the Air China Boeing 777 fleet, without an in-flight shut-down setting a new standard for operational excellence for the carrier's PW4000 112" engines. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX - News) company.
As a whole, PW4000-112" engines have accumulated more than 10 million hours of flight time on 14 airline fleets, including Air China. Air China installed PW4077D engines on its Boeing 777-200 aircraft in 1998.
"It is an honor to help Air China rank first among the world's fleet of similar aircraft for dependable engine operation," said Aki Nakano, vice president, Sales, Greater China, P&W. "This is an important milestone and significant benchmark of safety."
Air China senior management recently expressed its satisfaction with the 112" PW4000 engine's reliability and performance at the Excellent Operation Performance Award presentation ceremony in Beijing, China. Pratt & Whitney provides a full range of customer support service for Air China including field representatives, overhaul services and lowering cost of ownership.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building industries.
Greg Brostowicz Matthew Perra
Commercial Engines & Global Services Pratt & Whitney
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