Pratt & Whitney Establishes EcoPower(R) Franchise Agreement with JET Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.

SINGAPORE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SINGAPORE AIRSHOW -- Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, established a five-year franchise agreement with JET Aircraft Maintenance, Inc. of Miami, Fla. The new agreement authorizes JET to be the exclusive provider of the patented EcoPower on-wing jet engine wash service at five airports in South Florida with a capacity to wash up to 1,000 engines per year. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The new EcoPower service centers to be operated by JET will be located at: Miami International Airport (MIA), Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), Tampa International Airport (TPA), and Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW).

"Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower engine wash service is the best in the industry," said Miguel A. Villacorta, president and CEO, JET Aircraft Maintenance, Inc. "As a leading line maintenance provider throughout the United States, we are pleased to offer this effective, ecological service to our worldwide customers."

"We're pleased to have JET Aircraft Maintenance, Inc., as one of our strategic maintenance partners," said Jim Keenan, senior vice president & general manager, Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners. "With key hubs in these popular South Florida markets, JET will extend Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' ability to reach domestic airlines and European and Latin/South American carriers with our industry leading engine wash service."

This is the first Pratt & Whitney EcoPower franchise in the Americas and the second worldwide. In 2006, Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services Asia, together with joint venture partner SIA Engineering Company, opened an engine wash franchise operation at Changi Airport in Singapore.

The EcoPower engine washing process is a closed-loop, environmentally friendly system that uses atomized water to wash aircraft engines. The system avoids potentially harmful effluent run-off during the washing process, and is more effective and much faster than traditional engine washing processes. EcoPower wash improves engine performance and extends time on wing for operators of Pratt & Whitney, GE, IAE, CFMI and Rolls-Royce engines. EcoPower wash can reduce fuel burn by as much as 1 percent and increase exhaust gas temperature margin by as much as 15 degrees C.

Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners is a total service provider for engines made by Pratt & Whitney, International Aero Engines, General Electric, Rolls-Royce and CFMI. In addition to engine overhaul and repair services, GSP provides customers with improved engine performance and increased asset value through a portfolio of services including line maintenance, engine monitoring and diagnostics, environmentally friendly on-wing water washes, leased engines, custom engine service programs, and new and repaired parts.

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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