ANA Holdings Selects PurePower® Engines for New Airbus Aircraft

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ANA Holdings selected Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for 30 A320neo family aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in 2016. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).

"We are pleased to select the Geared Turbofan™ to power our new A320neo family of aircraft and to again partner with Pratt & Whitney," said Hiroyuki Ito, Senior Executive Vice President, ANA.  "The PW1100G-JM engine is dependable, evolutionary new technology for which ANA has high expectations of improved economic efficiency for our network growth strategy."

"ANA's selection of Pratt & Whitney for their A320neo fleet marks the first time a Japanese airline customer has ordered the PW1100G-JM engine," said Dave Brantner, president, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines.  "More importantly, we will continue our long tradition of working together toward great achievements as we have done for close to six decades. We appreciate ANA's confidence in the Geared Turbofan engine and welcome the opportunity to become part of ANA's bright future."

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, auxiliary and ground power units, and small turbojet propulsion products. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries. To learn more about UTC, visit its website at www.utc.com, or follow the company on Twitter: @UTC.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in levels of demand in the aerospace industry, in levels of air travel, and in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the companies' Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

For more information on the Pratt & Whitney PurePower engine, visit www.purepowerengines.com. 
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SOURCE Pratt & Whitney

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