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Hong Kong Airlines Selects the V2500 Engine

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

July 16, 2008

thomas

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — FARNBOROUGH AIR
SHOW — Hong Kong Airlines has selected the International Aero Engines
V2500 to power an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (ACJ). Pratt & Whitney, a
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, is a major partner in
International Aero Engines.

Hong Kong Airlines is scheduled to take delivery in September 2009.
Hong Kong Airlines is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, which has also
ordered the V2500 for 33 A320-family aircraft it has on firm order with
Airbus.

The V2500-A5 is available in seven different thrust settings ranging
from 22,000 lbs. to 33,000 lbs. to power the Airbus A319, A320 and A321
family of aircraft, as well as the A319 Corporate Jet. More than 5,000
V2500 engines are in service or on firm order.

IAE is a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders
comprise Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce (RR.L.), the Japanese Aero Engines
Corporation and MTU Aero Engines. More than 1,400 V2500-powered aircraft
have been delivered and the worldwide fleet has accumulated over 50 million
flying hours.

Pratt & Whitney has over 16,000 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.

This release includes “forward looking statements” concerning expected
revenue, earnings, cash flow and other matters that are subject to risks
and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated or implied in forward looking
statements include the health of the global economy and continued strength
of the aerospace industry. For information identifying other important
economic, political, regulatory, legal, technological, competitive and
other uncertainties, see UTC’s SEC filings as submitted from time to time.

SOURCE Pratt & Whitney

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