RTX's Pratt & Whitney Canada delivers first PW127XT-S development engines for Deutsche Aircraft's D328eco® regional turboprop test aircraft

The combination of advanced engine and aircraft design will enable the D328eco to deliver up to 14% lower fuel consumption per seat compared to the original Dornier 328 platform, along with offering 25% more passenger capacity and state of the art avionics. The PW127XT-S is the latest variant of Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW100 engine family, which has defined the benchmark for regional turboprop propulsion for more than four decades and accumulated over 208 million flying hours, of which more than 400,000 ho ...