Pratt & Whitney Canada signs MRO deal with AirBorneo Airways

Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has signed a four-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with AirBorneo Airways to service PW127M engines powering the Malaysian airline's ATR 72-500 regional turboprop fleet through 2030.

The work will be performed primarily at Pratt & Whitney Canada's Singapore facility, which the company recently expanded to broaden its turboprop MRO capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region. AirBorneo operates its ATR 72-500 aircraft on Malaysia's Rural Air Services network, connecting remote communities across East Malaysia.

"We worked closely with AirBorneo to develop a maintenance solution that manages engine costs and supports high dispatch availability for these critical flights," said Anthony Rossi, vice president of Customer Service at Pratt & Whitney Canada.

AirBorneo CEO Megat Ardian Aminuddin said the Singapore-based support would help return aircraft to service faster. "That confidence gives us the operational certainty we need to consistently serve our customers on our intra-Borneo routes where reliable air transport is a vital link for remote communities," he said.

AirBorneo is Sarawak's state-owned airline, established in January 2026 following a transition from MASWings. The airline also has eight ATR-600 aircraft powered by PW127XT Series engines on order.

The PW127M is part of Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW100 engine family, which the company states has accumulated more than 200 million flight hours over more than 40 years of regional turboprop operations.

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