Guggenheim Aviation Partners Selects Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Engines in Deal Valued at up to US$160 Million
PARIS, June 22 / -- PARIS AIR SHOW -- Guggenheim Aviation Partners, LLC, as manager of Guggenheim Aviation Investment Fund II, L.P., has ordered PW4000-100" engines valued at up to US$160 million to power up to four new A330 freighter aircraft. Engine deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2010. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp.
"Having previously purchased Pratt & Whitney-powered B747-400, 767 and MD11 aircraft, we are delighted to now include the PW4170 on our new A330-200 Freighter aircraft," said Paul Newrick, Managing Director, Guggenheim Aviation Partners, LLC. "We are excited to bring the improved economics of the Advantage70 technology upgrade to our airline lease customers."
"Guggenheim Aviation Partners joins a growing list of PW4000-100" customers and we are proud to power their new aircraft," said Todd Kallman, president of Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines. "With the additional thrust and improved fuel efficiency offered by the Advantage70 technology upgrade, the PW4000 is especially well suited for the A330 freighter."
Pratt & Whitney has over 17,000 aircraft engines installed with hundreds of airlines around the world. Additionally, Pratt & Whitney is a leading partner in two joint venture companies that manufacture commercial aircraft engines: International Aero Engines, which makes the V2500 for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft, and the Engine Alliance, whose GP7200 engine is FAR 33 certified for the new Airbus A380.
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 building industries.
FCMN Contact: joanne.gagnon@pw.utc.com
Source: Pratt & Whitney
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