Pratt & Whitney wins nearly $800m in contracts from Chinese airlines

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney said Wednesday that it had won nearly $800m in contracts from carriers Air China and Shenzhen Airlines to supply engines for their Airbus Group A320ceo aircraft. Doug Cai, president of Greater China, Pratt & Whitney, said that Air China had picked V2500 engines for 18 of its A320 aircraft, while Shenzhen Airlines selected the engine for 13 of its jets. The V2500 engine is designed and manufactured by International Aero Engines, a global partnership of aerospace firms including Pratt & Whitney, Japanese Aero Engine Corp and MTU Aero Engines. Pratt & Whitney also said it would assess opportunities for involvement in planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's (COMAC) project to develop a wide-body passenger aircraft with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation.<br/>