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Pratt & Whitney News: February 16, 2012

• Gearing Up for Certification: PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ Engine Test Program Progressing Rapidly
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, SINGAPORE – Feb. 16, 2012 – Continuing its engine certification program, Pratt & Whitney has initiated certification icing testing for its PurePower PW1524G engine that will power the Bombardier* Cseries* aircraft family. The company anticipates completing engine certification by the end of 2012.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners Signs Maintenance Agreements with Japan Airlines
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. has selected Pratt & Whitney for a Fleet Management Program agreement and a part repair agreement to provide maintenance for the airline's Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft engines and engine parts.
  
  

Pratt & Whitney News: February 15, 2012

• Pratt & Whitney Teaches Singapore Polytechnic Students to Power the Future
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW – Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Pratt & Whitney signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today enabling students to participate in an Overseas Industrial Training Program (OITP) at Pratt & Whitney’s Customer Training Center in China.
  
  
  
• Go Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines for Airbus A320neo Aircraft Family
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Go Airlines (GoAir), a leading provider of low fare services in the growing Indian aviation market, has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for its order of 72 firm A320neo aircraft.
  
  
  
• TransAsia Airways Selects Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines to Power Airbus A321neo Aircraft
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – TransAsia Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of six firm and six option A321neo aircraft. The deal includes a 10-year PureSolution^SM maintenance service agreement for 27 engines, including spare and option engines.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners Begins Construction on New Seletar Aerospace Park Facility
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners has begun construction on the company's new facility at Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Powers Learning with National Formosa University Students
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW – Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – National Formosa University (NFU) and Pratt & Whitney signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Share of V2500® Engine Order from Sichuan Airlines Valued at US$80 Million
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Sichuan Airlines has selected International Aero Engines to provide V2500 engines to power eight new A320 series aircraft. The order includes a long-term aftermarket services agreement.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Share of V2500® Engine Order from ICBC Valued at US$100 Million
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), has selected International Aero Engines to provide V2500 engines to power its fleet of 15 new A320 series aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney News: February 14, 2012

• Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Exceeds 20,000 Hours Powering the F-35
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine – exclusively powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – exceeded 20,000 total engine hours while powering the fleet of F-35 flight test aircraft, including 17,700 ground test hours and 2,500 flight test hours.
  
  
  
• F119 Achieves Significant Milestone Powering the F-22; 200,000 Flight Hours Logged During Safest Engine Introduction in USAF History
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney’s F119, the world’s first fifth-generation engine and the predecessor to the F135, has surpassed the 200,000 flight hour milestone powering Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – The Boeing Company has recognized Pratt & Whitney as a 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award winner.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' TOS Facility Celebrates 30th Anniversary
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 14, 2012 – 2012 marks 30 years since the formation of Turbine Overhaul Services (TOS), a Singapore-based joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and Singapore Technologies Aerospace Limited (ST Aerospace).
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Wins $200 Million PW4000 Advantage70™ Engine Order from Korean Air
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 14, 2012 – Korean Air selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70™ engine to power five new Airbus A330 aircraft.
  
  
  
• Asiana Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney Fleet Management Program
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 14, 2012 – Asiana Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney for a Fleet Management Program agreement to provide engine maintenance for three of the airline's Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Receives Maintenance Contract to Support F100 Engines for Royal Jordanian Air Force
  SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney has received a $19.2 million Material Management Program (MMP) contract with three, one-year options from the United States Air Force in support of F100-PW-220E engines powering the Royal Jordanian Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.