Frontier Airlines expands fleet with additional Pratt & Whitney GTF engines

Rick Deurloo, President of Commercial Engines at Pratt & Whitney, stated, “Four years ago, we welcomed Frontier Airlines to the Pratt & Whitney GTF family, and this selection demonstrates the airline's confidence in the GTF engine. With this latest order, Frontier will continue to realize the benefits of the most fuel-efficient engine for single-aisle aircraft, and we will continue to support Frontier and their operations in the coming decades.”

Frontier Airlines currently has a fleet that includes 135 A320neo family aircraft: 82 A320-200Ns with an average age of 5.8 years and 53 A321NXs averaging 1.4 years old. The rest comprises 21 A321-200s and seven A320-200s.

Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000G family is one option for advanced turbofan engines for the A320neo series alongside CFM International’s LEAP-1A. All future orders for Frontier’s fleet—comprising both current orders for new models like A321neos—will use PW1000 engines.

Frontier received its first GTF-powered A321neo in October 2022 and named it "Frederick the Bald Eagle" after Frederick Rentschler, founder of Pratt & Whitney.

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