Pratt Secures Major International Engine Deal

EAST HARTFORD, CT /PARIS AIR SHOW — International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., commonly known as IAG, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pratt & Whitney for the PurePower Geared Turbofan engine to power 47 firm Airbus A320neo aircraft, Pratt officials said Monday morning.

The contract was announced as a prequel to the Paris Air Show, which officially begins Wednesday and runs through Sunday.

East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney is a division of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp.

"Pratt & Whitney appreciates IAG's faith in the GTF engine, which has demonstrated its promised fuel burn savings, emissions, and reduction in noise footprint," said Chris Calio, Pratt's president of commercial engines. "The PurePower GTF engine is a game-changing, break-through technology with more than 200,000 hours of passenger service. There are 67 aircraft with 13 operators flying 250 flights per day to over 100 destinations on four continents."

IAG is the parent company of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. The planes are powered by two engines each.

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