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Yemen Airways Selects Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners for Fleet Maintenance

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

July 16, 2008

thomas

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — FARNBOROUGH AIR
SHOW — The national flag carrier of Yemen, Yemen Airways, has selected
Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners for a 10-year, $90 million Fleet
Management Program agreement. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.

The agreement covers all of the owned A310 aircraft in Yemen Airways
fleet, which are powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines. The agreement
covers all engine maintenance as well as engine health monitoring of the
A310 fleet.

“As we expand our fleet it is clear to us that we need to have strong
partnerships with our maintenance suppliers. We did a detailed evaluation
of a number of suppliers for this work, and we are happy to select Pratt &
Whitney as it provided Yemen Airways the best overall value,” said Capt.
Abdulkalek S. Al-Kadi, Chairman, Yemen Airways.

Yemen Airways has three owned Airbus A310s in its long haul fleet,
operating from its main base in Sana’a and a hub in Aden. The airline flies
to more than 30 destinations in Africa, The Middle East, Europe and Asia.

“Yemen Airways is a longstanding customer of Pratt & Whitney and with
this latest agreement it will give us an opportunity to continue to serve
them for the next 10 years,” said Jim Keenan, senior vice president and
general manager, Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners. “Having the
world’s largest network for commercial engine repair, overhaul and service
provides us the scale and flexibility to support Yemen Airways independent
MRO business and its strategy.”

Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners is a total service provider for
engines made by Pratt & Whitney, International Aero Engines, General
Electric, Rolls-Royce and CFMI. In addition to engine overhaul and repair
services, GSP provides customers with improved engine performance and
increased asset value through a portfolio of services including line
maintenance, engine monitoring and diagnostics, environmentally friendly
on-wing water washes, leased engines, custom engine service programs, and
new and repaired parts.

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 commercial building industries.

Greg Brostowicz                                                Jennifer Whitlow
Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners    Pratt & Whitney
860.565.1655                                                     860.214.7502
gregory.brostowicz@pw.utc.com                  jennifer.whitlow@pw.utc.com

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