AirAsia X has placed a large order for 150 Airbus A220 aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, with first deliveries expected to begin in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal also includes a 12-year engine maintenance service agreement through Pratt & Whitney's EngineWise program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a significant milestone and we are pleased to welcome AirAsia to the GTF family. The order demonstrates the airline\u2019s confidence in the engines\u2019 fuel efficiency and lower noise levels,\u201d said Rick Deurloo, president of Commercial Engines at Pratt & Whitney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AirAsia sees the venture as an important step in the company's continued expansion and development of its low-cost network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis aircraft gives us the opportunity to build an even larger and denser route network. The range of up to seven hours opens up completely new possibilities and allows us to better adapt capacity to demand,\u201d says Bo Lingam, CEO of AirAsia X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Pratt & Whitney, the GTF engines have been used by over 90 airline customers worldwide to date. The engines are said to provide approximately 20 percent lower fuel consumption and significantly lower noise levels compared to previous generations of engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AirAsia has built an extensive low-cost network in Asia for more than two decades and now wants to continue expanding internationally with the help of the new fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: breakingtravelnews.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AirAsia X har lagt en stororder p\u00e5 150 Airbus A220-flygplan utrustade med Pratt & Whitneys GTF-motorer. De f\u00f6rsta leveranserna v\u00e4ntas b\u00f6rja under 2028. Aff\u00e4ren omfattar \u00e4ven ett 12-\u00e5rigt serviceavtal f\u00f6r motorunderh\u00e5ll genom Pratt & Whitneys EngineWise-program. \u2013 Det h\u00e4r \u00e4r en viktig milstolpe och vi \u00e4r glada att v\u00e4lkomna AirAsia till GTF-familjen. Ordern visar flygbolagets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":303550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[7484,7485,263,7486,7483,7489,4245,85,212,7491,7488,7490,7487,117,858,155],"class_list":["post-303549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyg","tag-airasia","tag-airasia-x","tag-airbus","tag-airbus-a220","tag-airbusa220","tag-enginewise","tag-expansion","tag-flyg","tag-flygbolag-travelguiden","tag-flygplansorder","tag-gtf-motorer","tag-lagkostnadsflyg","tag-pratt-whitney","tag-resa","tag-transport","tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n