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The “High Density” cabin should receive where the GTF engine customers operate.
certification before the end of the year, for To date, more than 1,600 days of
service entry in 2016. PW1000G engine family training have been
ATR unveiled a new cabin combining delivered to more than 600 students. Over
increased cargo volume – up to more than the next five years, the annual training
19 m3 in volume – plus seats for up to volume on all Pratt & Whitney models is
44 passengers. The launch customer for expected to double to more than 25,000
this mixed cabin is Papua New Guinea’s student days per year.
PNG Airlines, which will receive its first “In addition to our existing team of
delivery in 2015. more than 100 field representatives
Also, as part of its participation in the around the world, Pratt & Whitney has
“Clean Sky” project, a European initiative assembled a team of a dozen highly
which aims to develop technologies to experienced field personnel, focused
reduce gas emissions and noise from on GTF engine entry into service
tomorrow’s aircraft, ATR announced that readiness. These field representatives
an ATR 72 prototype will be carrying out will work on-site, side-by-side with
the very first test flight for the project customers and local teams for three to
in the next few days. ATR is playing an six months, bringing specific knowledge
active role in the Green Regional Aircraft and experience to enhance support and Ready to Take On
program. This first flight test campaign accelerate learning as new aircraft are Superjet International – joint venture
should be able to test new, lighter and received. Today, this team is supporting between Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi
more insulating composite materials the ongoing aircraft flight test programs and Sukhoi Holding, hopes the successful
and vibro-acoustic sensors installed on a and validating tools, technical manuals operations of Sukhoi Superjet 100 by
section of the aircraft’s fuselage. and procedures, Bromberg said. Mexican airline Interjet will help it
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies penetrate further into the Latin American
Pratt & Whitney to Support GTF Corp. company, is also establishing an market.
Engine Customers operational infrastructure for the GTF “We have already delivered 15 aircraft
Pratt & Whitney is expediting a variety engine lease pool, with about 10 GTF lease to Interjet and will handover five more this
of activities to ensure customers have a pool engines planned by the end of 2015. year. We hope to complete the delivery of
strong support network in place before The lease pool will include four regional all 30 aircraft by 2016,” Nazario Cauceglia,
they begin flying Geared Turbofan (GTF) storage locations to keep engines close to Chief Executive Officer of Superjet
engines, which are preparing to enter into our customers around the globe. International told Asian Airlines and
service later this year. Enhancements are being made to Airports.
Enhanced support to customers Pratt & Whitney’s GOC as a key focal The initial order was for 20 aircraft,
includes global GTF engine training point of Pratt & Whitney’s Customer but earlier this year, the Mexican airline
programs and facilities, dedicated field Support Organization. Currently, the GOC Interjet confirmed the option for additional
representatives, a global lease engine provides 15,000 technical solutions and 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.
pool, and an expanded Global Operations handles 50,000 customer interactions “The SSJ100 is a super optimized
Center (GOC). per year, nearly all completed within aircraft, equipped with advanced
“Aircraft operators around the world 24 hours. This 24/7/365 operation technology and offering attractive
have given their vote of confidence in will be expanded to deliver world- cash operating costs. We are sure that
the GTF engine and we plan to exceed class responsiveness and aircraft on customers will continue looking at the
expectations by working together to the ground (AOG) resolution, full data SSJ100 as a main player in the regional
ensure a smooth entry into service,” said capture and enhanced communications market,”Cauceglia said.
Matthew Bromberg, president, Pratt & to support GTF engine customers. In a bid to boost the sales of the
Whitney Aftermarket. “We have developed “Thousands of Pratt & Whitney narrow-body aircraft, Superjet is taking
a robust portfolio of initiatives to support employees, partners, and suppliers efforts to provide new sources of financing
our customers in every way possible as have worked together to develop and for customers.
their GTF engines take flight.” certify each GTF engine,” said Bromberg. Superjet International has put together
In addition to customer training “Thousands more are working together to a finance package through a multilateral
facilities in East Hartford, Connecticut, ensure a strong support network is ready export credit guaranteed by the COFACE
and Beijing, a third facility in Hyderabad in on Day 1 as this revolutionary product (France), SACE (Italy) and EXIAR (Russia).
India, will open in the second half of 2015 family enters service with our airline “We have developed a complex but
to satisfy global training demand close to customers.” effective financial package. This is the
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