Pratt & Whitney’s upgraded Advantage derivative of its PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine is on track for certification in early 2025, MTU Aero Engines CEO Lars Wagner said.
“We have gone through most of the testing,” Wagner said on a recent investor call outlining MTU’s outlook for 2025. “I expect the certification around Q1, probably.”
Regulatory approval will come “with a little bit of lead time” before the first Advantage engines enter service, he added.
The Advantage is Pratt’s first major new GTF family derivative. Targets for the engine include lower fuel consumption, improved range and higher takeoff thrust settings. The engine also factors in years of durability-related lessons learned from the current PW1100G fleet and will be interchangeable with current-generation variants.
MTU projects original equipment revenues will climb in the “mid-teens range” in 2025, CFO Peter Kameritsch said, driven by higher production volumes on the GTF as well as the GE Aerospace GEnx, and GE9x. MTU is a risk-sharing partner in each program.
Aftermarket revenues are expected to see similar gains, with commercial spares projected to grow in the low teens and commercial MRO poised to post low- to mid-teen sales growth, Kamertisch said.
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