Sloane Helicopters Signs Maintenance Contract with Pratt & Whitney Canada for PW200 Engine

Released on Wednesday, October 03, 2007

HELITECH - Duxford, UK, October 3, 2007 - Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH today signed a Fleet Management Program agreement with Sloane Helicopters Ltd. to maintain PW206C and PW207C engines. Pratt & Whitney Canada is a United Technologies (NYSE : UTX) company.

"We are delighted to strengthen our relationship with Sloane through our Fleet Management Program (FMP®), a plan that offers very attractive cost guarantee protection to operators," said Raffaele Virgili, Vice President, Service Centres, Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC). "Providing innovative solutions is our business, and we are committed to working with operators to help them better manage their maintenance needs.

"Under the FMP®, P&WC Customer Service Centre Europe, a joint venture of P&WC and MTU of Germany, will provide Sloane Helicopters with comprehensive engine maintenance coverage for its growing fleet of both company-owned and client helicopters.

"We see this as a major step forward in providing our customers with advanced engine maintenance management," said Jeremy Awenat, Managing Director of Sloane Helicopters, which also is the distributor of AgustaWestland civil aviation products in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. "P&WC's FMP® helps us add value for the customer by offering more competitive maintenance costs and improved aircraft availability."