Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs Deal With Standard Aero for Over 500 New PT6A Engines

Released on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

NBAA - ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 26, 2007 - Pratt & Whitney Canada, a United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) company, has signed a five-year agreement with Standard Aero for 531 new PT6A series engines under Pratt & Whitney Canada's Converter Enhancement Program.

Based on this agreement, Standard Aero Limited of Winnipeg, Man., will use the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) engines for various turboprop aircraft upgrade programs under Supplemental Type Certificates.

"Our PT6A family continues to be the product of choice in this market, and the growing popularity of our Converter Enhancement Program with the PT6A further reinforces its reputation for dependability and unmatched support," said Eva Azoulay, Commercial Services Director, P&WC. "We are very pleased to continue building on our relationship with Standard Aero."

"Standard Aero's goal is to offer customers alternatives to engine overhaul and repair that will also add value," noted Paul Soubry, President of Standard Aero. "Pratt & Whitney Canada's new PT6A series engines have the power to fully meet both the current and future needs of this market."

P&WC's Converter Enhancement Program allows companies like Standard Aero that offer modifications and conversions to purchase and install new engines on specified aircraft.