Air India Signs Agreement With Pratt & Whitney
National Aviation Company of India Ltd., which operates the brand of Air India, has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Colombia to create an Eco Power engine wash service at Mumbai International airport.
Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney patented engine wash system EcoPower, says the company, reduce fuel consumption by as much as 1.2 percent and eliminate three pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for each kilogram of fuel saved by reducing the temperature of the engine, which rises a lot of time engine can stay in flight.
This agreement, Air India can Eco Power engine washes the various engines of its fleet of aircraft, and also offer services to other carriers in the region. The service is the ability to wash almost all commercial engines today, as the PW4000, CFM56-5/-7, V2500, CF6-80C2 and the GE90-100.
Air India will be able to wash the motor Ecopower different engines for its fleet of aircraft. This will allow planes to Air India to reduce their operating costs and partnership emissions. This expand the availability of services EcoPower washing the engine to India, one of the fastest services in the world aviation market crescent is especially popular because of fuel prices in India are among the highest in the world. This will also provide services to other airlines in Indian region like kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways.
Air India has a range of MRO services for line and base maintenance, and overhaul and repair engines and components in the region of Southeast Asia. Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of aircraft engines space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aviation and commercial construction industries.