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July 7, 1997

United selects Pratt & Whitney for new 767s

United Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines for an additional eight Boeing 767-300 aircraft the airline is purchasing.

United is currently the largest operator of PW4000 engines for Boeing 747-400s, 767s and 777s. The new 767s will be used on domestic routes to replace older United planes when deliveries begin in May 1998.

Pratt & Whitney will supply 16 installed and two spare PW4052 engines, rated at 52,000 pounds of thrust, in a transaction worth an estimated $115 million.

The PW4000 engine is marking its 10th anniversary of airline service and has now accumulated 25 million flying hours. It is the only engine used on all high-thrust wide-body aircraft built by Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas at thrust ranges between 52,000 and 98,000 pounds. Some 1,800 engines are in service with 70 customers around the world.

All three models of the engine, the 94-inch fan, the 100-inch fan and the 112-inch fan, have full 180-minute Extended Range Twin Operations certification and have maintained it throughout their service lives.

In other Pratt & Whitney news:
Reports have indicated that the jet engine maker is planning to lay off 1,000 workers within the next year. According to newspaper reports, one Pratt & Whitney official claims the company does not comment on layoffs before they happen. But when a press release claimed the US. Labor Department had approved a $1.4 million grant to assist more than 500 workers that will be laid off, one official told the press that more than 400 job reductions could be implemented as soon as February 1998.

Over the past five years, the number of Pratt & Whitney employees has reduced from 41,000 to 30,000.

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