Fri, Mar 30, 2007
Washing Turbofans Pays Dividends For Carrier
Hawaiian Airlines may soon proudly tout it has the cleanest
767s in the business... or at least the cleanest engines. The
airline announced this week it has extended a contract with Pratt
& Whitney Global Service Partners to wash the engines on its
767 fleet for one year, through March 2009.
"We have been washing our engines with Pratt & Whitney's
EcoPower wash service for almost two years and are very pleased
with the results," said Charlie Nardello, vice president for
maintenance engineering at Hawaiian Airlines. "We are thrilled with
the improvements we have seen in terms of fuel savings and reduced
emissions."
Pratt & Whitney says its closed-loop EcoPower engine washing
process, which uses atomized water forced through the turbofan to
remove carbon deposits and other accumulated debris, saves the
airline $1 million a year in fuel costs, according to the Pacific
Business News -- more than 2.8 million pounds of Jet-A.
Under the previous contract, Global Service Partners washed
Hawaiian Airlines' fleet of 31 PW4060 engines, powering its Boeing
767 aircraft. The new contract also covers the airline's nine
CF6-80A2 turbofans.
engine wash program improved Hawaiian's engine performance,
allowing it to save as much as 2.8 million lbs. of fuel a year, or
$1 million annually in fuel costs. The engine washes take place
biannually at Los Angeles International Airport.
The engine washes occur every six months, at Los Angeles
International Airport.
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