Pratt & Whitney Shanghai Engine Center to Maintain V2500 Engines

Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), together with joint venture partner, China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (CEA), have signed an agreementto incorporate V2500® engine overhaul capability in their facility in Shanghai, China. The Pratt & Whitney Shanghai Engine Center ("Shanghai Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine Maintenance Company Limited") will begin overhauling V2500 engines in 2017.

Photo caption: Joseph Sylvestro, vice president, Aftermarket Operations, Pratt & Whitney; Matthew Bromberg, president, Aftermarket, Pratt & Whitney; Liu Shaoyong, chairman, China Eastern Airlines; Feng Liang, vice president, China Eastern Airlines; Bob Leduc, president, Pratt & Whitney; and Tang Bing, vice president, China Eastern Airlines, attended the signing event at the Singapore Air Show.

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