Philippine Airlines Takes Delivery of First Airbus A321neo Powered by Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ Engines

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), and Philippine Airlines celebrated delivery of the airline's first Airbus A321neo aircraft last week. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engines, is scheduled to start passenger service in early June.

"We're excited to welcome the GTF-powered A321neo to our fleet," said Jaime Bautista, president and chief operating officer at Philippine Airlines. "We expect this engine to help us significantly reduce fuel burn and emissions while giving our passengers a much quieter flight experience on our brand new A321neos."

Pratt & Whitney powers a significant portion of Philippine Airlines' operating fleet with 24 V2500® powered A321ceos. The airline has an additional 20 GTF-powered A321neo aircraft on order.

"We are pleased to extend our decades-long relationship with Philippines Airlines. The GTF-powered A321neo will support Philippine Airlines in continuing to provide great service to its passengers for many years to come," said Rick Deurloo, senior vice president of sales, marketing and customer support at Pratt & Whitney. "We thank Philippine Airlines for their confidence and commitment to Pratt & Whitney."

Since entering into service in early 2016, the GTF engine has demonstrated its promised ability to reduce fuel burn by 16 percent, to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 50 percent to the regulatory standard, and to lower the noise footprint by 75 percent.

The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines AG, a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders comprise Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation; Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH; Japanese Aero Engines Corporation; and MTU Aero Engines GmbH.

Philippine Airlines takes delivery of its first A321neo aircraft

Bringing new levels of efficiency and comfort for the carrier’s regional network

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has taken delivery of its first A321neo aircraft in Hamburg, Germany.

This is the first of 21 A321neo aircraft ordered by the airline under its fleet renewal programme. Powered by Pratt and Whitney Pure Power engines, the new aircraft features a premium two class layout with 12 business class seats and 154 seats in the main cabin.

Selected for its outstanding operational efficiency, comfort and range, Philippine Airlines will deploy the A321neo aircraft across the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia and India.

The A321neo joins an existing Airbus fleet at Philippine Airlines that currently includes 25 A320ceo Family aircraft, 15 widebody A330s and five A340s. The carrier will also take delivery of the first of six A350-900 widebody aircraft on order later this year.

The A320neo Family incorporates the very latest technologies including new generation engines and Sharklets, which together deliver at least 15 percent fuel savings at delivery and 20 percent by 2020. With more than 6,000 orders received from 100 customers, the A320neo Family has captured nearly 60 percent share of the market.