• New system streamlines passenger processing
• Facial recognition reduces physical interactions and enhances passenger convenience

Tokyo, Japan (Jul 19, 2021) – Collins Aerospace has completed deployment of its ARINC SelfPass^TM biometrics solution at Haneda Airport, one of the busiest airports in Asia, streamlining passenger processing through reduced physical interactions and bottlenecks at multiple passenger touchpoints. Collins Aerospace is a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business.

“Our ‘Face Express’ system will allow passengers to efficiently proceed through procedures at the airport (baggage drop, security checkpoint entrance, boarding gate) utilizing facial recognition, eliminating the hassle of showing their passport and boarding pass,” said Shoichi Ohashi, Tokyo International Air Terminal Corporation’s senior manager for the Facility Department. “We worked closely with Collins Aerospace to achieve this and enhance passenger convenience at Tokyo Haneda airport.”

Rakan Khaled, vice president, Airport Systems for Collins said, “Our ARINC SelfPass biometrics solution at Tokyo Haneda Airport streamlines passenger processing while improving airport efficiency and security. Despite the challenging pandemic environment, we were able to manage staffing and suppliers to ensure smooth delivery of the solution.”

This project includes the installation of 98 Self-Service Check-In Kiosks, 30 biometric enrollment kiosks, 104 biometric devices for Self-Bag Drop, 17 biometric Automated Security Gates and 42 biometric Automated Self-Boarding Gates.

About Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX), is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the extensive capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and broad expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. For more information, visit CollinsAerospace.com.

About Raytheon Technologies

Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 14, 2020 – Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX) has completed the transformation of its West Palm Beach Engine Center into a fully-capable GTF MRO shop. This investment in West Palm Beach is just the latest example showcasing the continued growth of Pratt & Whitney’s global GTF MRO network to offer more capacity, more capability, and to be closer to its customers.

“This is more than just a shop; this is an investment in the future of our company to be even more customer-focused and customer-driven,” said Mary Anne Cannon, vice president, West Palm Beach Site Development and Operations, Pratt & Whitney. “All of the equipment and systems were designed with adaptability in mind. We took what we learned when we were an OEM shop and made refinements to ensure cost savings, efficiency, reduced turn times as well as capability and EH&S improvements along the way.”

The engine center is the first Pratt & Whitney MRO facility to adopt an automated system that assembles the high pressure compressor rotor assembly with minimal variation and higher yield, resulting in streamlined turn times and improved reliability of outputs. The facility also features a refined overhead engine handling system, resulting in more efficient, cost-effective processes with improvements to safety and ergonomics.

“It is critical that we arm our employees with the latest technologies and processes so that at the end of the day we most effectively uphold our commitments to our customers,” said Rob Griffiths, vice president, MRO Engine Centers – North American & Turkey, Global Operational Readiness, Pratt & Whitney.

The transformation of the engine center would not have been possible without the hard work, determination and commitment of Pratt & Whitney’s West Palm Beach employees. Three and a half years ago, the opportunity presented itself to turn existing OEM GTF business space into a small MRO shop for the purpose of rapidly growing MRO capacity. While operating out of this temporary space, an additional 100,000 square feet was made available, which the team quickly began transforming into a high capacity, full capability MRO shop.

“Watching the ribbon cutting ceremony for our now fully-capable GTF MRO engine center was a remarkable moment,” said Anthony Brodeur, general manager, West Palm Beach MRO, Pratt & Whitney. “It marked the culmination of this unique journey we’d taken, from building infrastructure while operating out of a temporary location, to overcoming challenges brought on by the pandemic, to now having a shop in front of us that we collectively created. We are no longer a temporary relief shop. We are proud to be a full, heavy maintenance capable MRO facility that’s in a great position to better serve our customers for years to come.”

The growing GTF MRO network is comprised of the industry’s leading MRO companies. The GTF MRO network is part of Pratt & Whitney’s EngineWise® service solutions, which provides engine operators with a variety of aftermarket services resulting in long-term, sustainable value. Visit https://prattwhitney.com/products-and-services/services/enginewise for more information.

About Pratt & Whitney

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EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 14, 2021 – Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX), today announced that Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines have now saved operators more than half a billion gallons (close to two billion liters) of fuel and avoided more than five million metric tonnes of carbon emissions, accumulated over more than 2.5 million flights. The engines power more than 1,000 aircraft across three aircraft families – Airbus A320neo, Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jets E2 – and have accumulated nearly 10 million engine flight hours with 54 airlines carrying over 370 million passengers.

“The GTF engine family has proven to be the most environmentally sustainable powerplant for the current generation of single-aisle aircraft,” said Geoff Hunt, senior vice president of engineering and technology at Pratt & Whitney. “At Pratt & Whitney, we’re working towards becoming the best aerospace company for the world and with the revolutionary GTF engine family, we’re just getting started.”

The unique geared fan architecture of the GTF engine is core to Pratt & Whitney’s strategy to develop more sustainable propulsion systems, which will enable the industry to reach its ambitious environmental goals in the coming decades. Through higher bypass ratios, more advanced materials and hybrid-electric configurations, the company sees considerable potential to continue lowering fuel burn, carbon emissions and noise. The company is also working in concert with industry regulatory authorities to develop technical standards that will enable to the use of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Since entering service in early 2016, the GTF engine family has delivered on its promised ability to reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions by up to 20 percent, noise footprint by 75 precent and regulated emissions by 50 percent to the CAEP/6 regulatory standard. The engine’s unique geared fan is the right architecture for the future with a long runway for further development. Pratt & Whitney is committed to continuing to invest in evolving propulsion systems to power the next generation of commercial aircraft.

About Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines, and auxiliary power units. Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. To learn more about RTX, visit its website at www.rtx.com. To receive press releases and other news directly, please sign up here.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in levels of demand in the aerospace industry, in levels of air travel, and in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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East Hartford Headquarters is the initial site for hybrid work environment

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 14, 2021 – Pratt & Whitney today announced plans to make technology and design upgrades to its East Hartford campus in order to improve flexibility for local employees. These improvements will allow office employees greater opportunity to work remotely, while also providing collaboration space so they can return to the office as requirements demand.

The company is responding to employee requests for flexibility in how and where work is performed, and Pratt & Whitney has committed to allowing the majority of office employees to perform their work remotely at least part of the time. This hybrid model will give many employees the ability to work from home in the local area when desired, but with the ability to return to a physical Pratt & Whitney facility when needed.  When on site, employees will have access to collaboration spaces, meeting rooms and the flexibility to work from any open workspace, without being limited to an assigned building. Manufacturing employees and others with a critical need to be in an office will continue to work from the campus.

“Like every organization, we had to rapidly adjust to a new normal,” said Chris Calio, President of Pratt & Whitney. “For our office-based employees, the transition to remote work in March 2020 was disruptive. But it caused us to redesign how we get work done, allowing our employees the greatest flexibility while preserving collaboration – and we’re now carrying those benefits into the future.”

Pratt & Whitney is continuing to roll out new digital technologies and physical office space designs to ensure employees are able to work, access data and collaborate, whether they’re at home or in the office. The company has selected design firm ASD | SKY to assist in designing a physical space that emphasizes collaboration, from small huddle rooms that can accommodate four to six people, to team rooms that can host up to 20. Meetings held onsite will also be hosted on a virtual, video-enabled platform to ensure full participation from all employees, no matter where they are located.

“We are creating a world-class work experience for everyone now and in the years to come,” said Jill Albertelli, Pratt & Whitney’s senior vice president for Transformation & Strategy. “Our employees are not only designing the future of aviation but also the future of how we work. It looks different, because it is different and it is a significant culture shift for the company. However, with this change comes a unique opportunity to redefine where work gets done, how we collaborate with colleagues and provide flexibility for our employees.”

About Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX) is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines, and auxiliary power units. To learn more visit its www.prattwhitney.com. To receive press releases and other news directly, please sign up here.

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60,000 square-foot facility is CMC ‘Center of Excellence’ for aviation leader

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 13, 2021 – Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX) announced today the opening of a ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) engineering & development facility in Carlsbad, California.

The new 60,000 square-foot facility is an integrated engineering, development and low-rate production facility solely dedicated to CMCs for aerospace applications.

“Pratt & Whitney has been leading the industry with the world’s quietest, greenest, most efficient and highest performance engines in the world. We’ve achieved this by pioneering new materials, aerodynamics and engine architectures,” said Frank Preli, vice president of Propulsion & Materials Technology at Pratt & Whitney. “Some of our best and brightest minds are innovating within this facility and they will ensure that we continue to operate on the cutting edge of aviation technology for decades to come.”

Ceramic matrix composites are a class of material made of ceramic fibers embedded within a ceramic matrix. CMC materials are lightweight and can be used to manufacture engine parts that are one-third the weight of traditional metallic parts. The temperature capability of CMC parts is several hundred degrees higher than state-of-the-art superalloy parts. This translates into a significant improvement in fuel efficiency as well as weight savings, with the added benefit of reduced emissions and carbon footprint.

“Our revolutionary Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines already deliver up to 20 percent better fuel efficiency, 50 percent lower regulated emissions and a 75 percent reduction in noise footprint for our customers. CMC parts will allow us to do even more, by building upon the industry-leading benefits in efficiency and sustainability that the GTF engine already delivers.” said Preli.

Pratt & Whitney has a long history of innovation and engineering excellence, starting with the world’s first air-cooled Wasp engine in 1925.

“We are excited to bring our legacy of innovation and more than 60 new jobs to southern California,” added Preli.

Hiring for various engineering, management, and technician roles is ongoing. Experienced jobseekers who want to become part of a diverse team conducting groundbreaking research to advance propulsion technology are encouraged to apply. Open positions can be viewed on the facility’s LinkedIn page or at RTX Careers.

About Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX) is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines, and auxiliary power units. To learn more visit its www.prattwhitney.com. To receive press releases and other news directly, please sign up here.

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AerCap Selects Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines for 80 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, today announced the company has booked more than 800 orders and commitments for GTF engines since the beginning of 2021. Customers that have selected GTF-powered aircraft include Frontier Airlines, Volaris, Air France, Delta Air Lines, and, most recently, AerCap.

“GTF-powered aircraft are helping to lead the recovery around the world, while delivering unmatched fuel efficiency and world-class reliability to our customers,” said Rick Deurloo, chief commercial officer and senior vice president at Pratt & Whitney. “We’re the only engine maker with a geared fan in service today, and we’re also leading the industry with the lowest carbon emissions for single-aisle aircraft. We’re pleased with our orders to date and look forward to continuing this momentum throughout the year.”

AerCap, the global leader in aircraft leasing, is the world’s largest A320neo family lessor with over 300 owned, managed and on-order aircraft. AerCap recently selected Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines to power 80 additional Airbus A320neo and A321neo model aircraft. Deliveries of these aircraft are currently scheduled between 2021 and 2027.

“We are committed to providing our airline customers with the most fuel-efficient, advanced technology aircraft in the world, helping them to meet their sustainable goals in a profitable way,” said Aengus Kelly, CEO of AerCap. “We look forward to enhancing our fleet with these GTF engines and working with the team at Pratt & Whitney as the aircraft deliver.”

AerCap has placed GTF-powered A320neo family aircraft with airlines such as Spirit Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Sichuan Airlines. The lessor previously purchased hundreds of Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft, including sizable fleets of Airbus A330 and A320ceo family aircraft; Boeing 777, 767 and 757 aircraft; and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft dating back to AerCap’s roots as ILFC in the 1980s.

“AerCap has been a long-time customer of Pratt & Whitney, and we’re pleased with their ongoing commitment to the GTF engine,” said Deurloo. “These GTF-powered aircraft will deliver economic and environmental value to AerCap and their customers, and we look forward to supporting this new fleet.”

Since entering service in early 2016, the GTF engine family has delivered on its promised ability to reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions by up to 20 percent, reduce the noise footprint by 75 percent, and reduce regulated emissions by 50 percent to the CAEP/6 regulatory standard. The engine’s unique geared fan is the right architecture for the future with a long runway for further development. Pratt & Whitney is committed to continuing to invest in evolving propulsion systems to power the next generation of commercial aircraft.

About Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines, and auxiliary power units.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business opportunities and performance. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: changes in levels of demand in the aerospace industry, in levels of air travel, and in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in Raytheon Technologies Corporation’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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SITA, the global IT provider for the air transport industry, today announced the acquisition of Safety Line S.A.S., the Paris based start-up specializing in digital solutions for aviation safety and efficiency.

This acquisition will strengthen SITA’s Digital Day of Operations portfolio, helping airlines drive more efficiencies and fuel savings around the aircraft while taking immediate and sustainable steps to reduce their carbon footprint.

With air transport accounting for about 3% of the worldwide carbon emissions, there is growing pressure on airlines to reduce their overall emissions. At the same time the COVID-19 pandemic requires airlines to make their aircraft operations leaner, in particular reducing costly fuel burn. Safety Line has successfully applied predictive analytics to deliver significant improvements to aircraft operations, strongly complementing SITA’s existing portfolio. With this acquisition, SITA will accelerate the development of sustainable solutions that can be integrated with its existing suite of airline and airport solutions.

Reducing aircraft CO₂ emissions in-flight and at airports

The acquisition comes as a logical follow-up to the commercial partnership signed between the two companies in September 2020, focused on helping airlines reduce their CO₂ emissions with OptiFlight, the only predictive in-flight fuel efficiency solution leveraging machine learning performance models for each aircraft to optimize all flight phases including climb-out, cruise and descent. OptiFlight is already fully integrated with existing applications in SITA’s Digital Day of Operations portfolio, and current joint customers include Air France, Transavia Airlines, Aerologic and Condor.

On the ground, Safety Line’s AirsideWatch will allow SITA to expand its airports offering to airside operations, using surface movement radar data to better understand, analyze and optimize the ground traffic of aircraft between gates and runways with an aim to reduce unnecessary emissions.

Using data to improve safety and risk management

With safety being a key pillar in aviation alongside efficiency, the acquisition also covers SafetyCube, a solution that enables aviation stakeholders to pro-actively manage their safety and compliance. Key customers include large airports such as Paris-CDG and Paris-Orly or OEMs such as Airbus Helicopters, as well as airlines and ATM providers, all of which also compose SITA’s main customer base. SITA will, therefore, be able to expand its offering to include safety-enhancing services to existing customers.

Co-Innovating with airline and airport customers

Sébastien Fabre, CEO of SITA FOR AIRCRAFT said: “We were impressed with the way Safety Line have been able to transform the research from their data science team into real-life applications thanks to innovation partnerships with strategic airline customers such as  Transavia or Air France or airports such as Group ADP. Through our existing partnership, we have already delivered real value to our customers and this acquisition fits perfectly with SITA’s approach of partnering and co-innovating with our customers to increase efficiency and reduce emissions. We are excited to welcome the Safety Line team to SITA.”

Pierre Jouniaux, Founder & CEO of Safety Line said: ‘We are delighted to join the SITA family, which should accelerate the global growth of our innovative solutions, for the benefit of more efficient and greener aviation operations.”

Source: SITA

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 12, 2021 – Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX), today announced that Porter Airlines has placed an order for 30 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, exclusively powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines. Pratt & Whitney will also provide Porter Airlines with engine maintenance through an EngineWise® Comprehensive service agreement. The aircraft are expected to enter into service beginning in the second half of 2022.

“We are incredibly excited to welcome the first jet-powered aircraft to our fleet,” said Michael Deluce, president and CEO for Porter Airlines. “The combination of Embraer’s newest aircraft and Pratt & Whitney’s game-changing GTF engine technology will deliver quiet flights for our passengers and low fuel burn and emissions for our environment. We look forward to flying this aircraft for years to come.”

Porter Airlines currently operates a fleet of de Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft powered by PW150A turboprop engines, which is the most advanced turboprop engine currently in service, producing nearly twice the take-off power of older turboprop engines, with significantly improved fuel-efficiency.

“We are honored to extend our relationship with Porter Airlines and aid their entry into jet-powered aircraft,” said Rick Deurloo, chief commercial officer and senior vice president at Pratt & Whitney. “These GTF-powered aircraft will bring economic and environmental value to Porter Airlines and their customers, and we look forward to supporting their new fleet.”

The E195-E2 aircraft has more than 24% reduction in fuel burn per seat than the previous-generation E195, with NOx emissions 50% below the ICAO CAEP/6 regulation and 19dB to 20dB of ICAO Chapter 4 cumulative noise margin.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 12, 2021 – Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), today announced that the International Aero Engines AG (IAE) V2500® engine has surpassed 250 million engine flight hours of operational experience. Currently powering more than 3,000 aircraft and serving more than 200 customers, the V2500 engine operates passenger, cargo, and military missions around the world. The engine has powered the Airbus A320ceo family for decades and is now also the powerplant for the first A321 passenger-to-cargo conversion, as well as for the Embraer C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft.

“We built JetBlue on the V2500-powered A320 family,” said Colin Donohoe, director of heavy maintenance, JetBlue Airways. “With 192 such aircraft in our fleet today, we’ve seen firsthand how reliable and efficient these engines are. With the maintenance agreement to which JetBlue and IAE agreed in 2020, the V2500 will remain a mainstay of our fleet for years to come.”

The V2500 engine is offered through IAE, a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders comprise Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH, Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines.

“This milestone is a testament to the V2500’s legacy of reliability and performance,” said Earl Exum, president, International Aero Engines AG. “The V2500 engine delivers lower noise and a fuel advantage of about 3% for the A320ceo family aircraft, resulting in significant cost savings, lower emissions and a payload-range benefit which makes it ideal across a range of applications. The V2500 engine is in the prime of its life, and we are committed to supporting our customers through the recovery and into the future.”

Pratt & Whitney and IAE have been enhancing services for the V2500 engine, including LLP solutions, new and serviceable material programs, engine swaps and more, which can be tailored to support customers’ unique requirements. The V2500 engine is backed by 18 established facilities around the world that provide maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, including nine IAE party company facilities.

Visit www.prattwhitney.com/v2500 for more information on the V2500 engine.

Source: Pratt & Whitney

Dreieich, 6th July 2021. Hahn Air announced the appointment of Christoph Althoff as Vice President Airline Business. The industry professional joined the Hahn Air team on 1^st July and will be in charge of an international team of experts managing the partnerships with Hahn Air’s more than 350 partner airlines worldwide as well as acquiring and implementing new partner carriers. Christoph Althoff is taking over from Steve Knackstedt who has been in this role for more than 13 years and who will retire at the end of 2021.

Christoph Althoff studied in Germany, Argentina and the US, and holds a degree in International Relations & Economics. He started his career as a strategic consultant for telecom companies across Europe. In the past 17 years, he has been working for major travel industry players such as PROS Holding and Amadeus where he successfully developed data-driven and customer-centric sales strategies for airlines and other travel-related clients. An expert in digital retailing channels, he acquired a proven track record of building and leading sales and account management teams in charge of optimising airline revenues. He has been living in Madrid, Spain, for more than 20 years and speaks German, English and Spanish.

Christoph Althoff comments: “When I was with Amadeus and PROS, I already worked closely with Hahn Air. It was impressive to witness the speed, professionality and enthusiasm of the Hahn Air colleagues and I am very much looking forward to be part of the team and to enable the partner airlines to optimise their revenue with Hahn Air’s distribution solutions.”

Steve Knackstedt joined Hahn Air in 2007 after 28 years in various senior operations and sales positions with Continental Airlines and as a consultant for Cologne-Bonn Airport. Together with his team, he has enabled the Hahn Air partner airlines to optimise their indirect distribution strategy with products such as HR-169, H1-Air, X1-Air, HR-EMD and HR-Corporate.

“We are very pleased to welcome Christoph in our team”, said Alexander Proschka, Executive Vice President Commercial at Hahn Air. “We are convinced that our teams and partners will benefit of his industry knowledge and leadership skills as well as his expertise in forward-looking technologies and sales strategy. At the same time, we would like to thank Steve for his loyalty and commitment during the past 13 years. He has been instrumental in building one of the largest interline networks in the world and has facilitated the growth of the Hahn Air distribution solutions.”

For more information about Hahn Air, visit www.hahnair.com.

Source: Hahn Air