Aegean announced that has selected the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine to power up to 62 Airbus A320neo family aircraft: 30 firm, 12 option, and up to 20 leased aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will also provide the airline with engine maintenance through a long-term service agreement. Pratt & Whitney already powers the airline’s fleet of 49 V2500-powered A320ceo family aircraft. The Athens-based airline’s subsidiary company, Olympic Air, also currently operates 12 PW100-powered regional Turboprop aircraft.
Since entering into service in early 2016, the GTF engine has demonstrated its promised ability to reduce fuel burn by 16 percent, to reduce NOx emissions by 50 percent to the regulatory standard and to lower the noise footprint by 75 percent.