Hawaiian Airlines Reduces Costs, Improves Performance with Pratt & Whitney EcoPower(R) Engine Wash Agreement

PARIS, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PARIS AIR SHOW -- Hawaiian Airlines signed an exclusive five-year renewal agreement to continue using Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower engine wash service on its fleet of PW4060, CF6-80A2 and Trent700 engines. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company

“Hawaiian Airlines has benefited from significant cost savings as a result of the EcoPower engine wash service,� said Dennis Manibusan, vice president, Maintenance & Engineering, Hawaiian Airlines. “Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower system allows our airline to operate more effectively and efficiently, saving us time and money.�

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Hawaiian Airlines,� said Joanne Hastings, director, Line Maintenance Services, Pratt & Whitney. “Now it is more important than ever for operators to use creative solutions like EcoPower engine washing to improve performance, save money and protect the environment.�

Pratt & Whitney's patented EcoPower engine wash system reduces fuel burn by as much as 1.2 percent, eliminating three pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for every pound of fuel saved, while decreasing engine gas temperature and increasing the amount of time an engine can stay on wing. The EcoPower system, offered through the Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners network, uses a closed-loop system with pure, atomized water to wash aircraft engines, avoiding potential contaminant runoff. The system is more effective and much faster than traditional engine washing processes.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building industries.

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