Pratt & Whitney is supporting its customers to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. While this ambitious goal was recently adopted at the ICAO General Assembly, Pratt & Whitney is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge. The approach to powering sustainable aviation is focused on developing smarter technologies and expanding the use of cleaner fuels across all the aircraft applications are serve, from helicopters to commercial airliners.
Continually increasing engine efficiency is the central objective of Pratt & Whitney’s strategy, and foundational to that is the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine. Since first entering service in 2016, GTF engines have already helped avoid 8 million metric tons of CO2 emissions by enabling up to 20% better fuel efficiency for 1,300 single-aisle aircraft flying today.
With its unique geared fan architecture, Pratt & Whitney see considerable potential to increase the GTF efficiency even further. Pratt & Whitney already began to demonstrate this potential with the launch of the GTF Advantage engine, the first evolution in the GTF family, offering greater thrust and 1% better fuel efficiency. Pratt & Whitney pursuit of next-generation technologies such as bigger fans, smaller engine cores, more advanced materials and hybrid-electric propulsion will allow future generations of GTF to be even more efficient, helping put air travel on a more a sustainable path.
