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Friday, April 24, 2009

Pratt & Whitney, Southwest Demo EcoPower



Officials from Southwest Airlines and Pratt & Whitney hosted a demonstration of the EcoPower engine wash at Dallas Love Field (DAL) on Thursday. The event was designed to show the benefits of the system, which has saved more than 9 million gallons of fuel and reduced CO2 emissions by 90,000 metric tons since Southwest implemented EcoPower in July 2006. According to the companies, Southwest has saved $12.5 million in fuel costs as a result of a total of 1,500 engine washes. Pratt & Whitney performs the service for the airline’s CFM-56-7B engines through service center locations in Orlando, Fla. and Oakland, Calif.
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Anupam Bhargava, general manager of line maintenance services for Pratt & Whitney, explains how the EcoPower engine wash system works during a demo on April 23 at Dallas Love Field in Texas.

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