Big Airline Orders Moving Ahead Despite Variant, Executive Says
- Pratt & Whitney’s chief commercial officer speaks in interview
- Airbus’s backlog gives airlines an incentive to place orders
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Airlines are moving forward to finalize big commercial aircraft orders despite the newly discovered coronavirus variant and a fresh wave of travel restrictions to contain its spread, Pratt & Whitney’s top sales executive said.
“The campaign activity is as high as I’ve seen, maybe ever,” said Rick Deurloo, chief commercial officer of Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp.