Pratt & Whitney Canada to Open New World-Class Flight Test Operations Centre at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Apr 17 (MARKET WIRE) --
Pratt & Whitney Canada announced today that it will concentrate its
flight test operations in a new world-class centre at Montreal-Mirabel
International Airport. The new global hub represents an investment of
about $90 million. Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is a United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.

"Establishing this single, state-of-the-art facility will improve our
competitiveness and support flight testing for the complete range of
Pratt & Whitney engines, from turboprops to turbofans up to 90,000 pounds
of thrust," said Benoit Brossoit, Senior Vice President, Service Centres
& Operations, P&WC. "We have recently won several competitions to supply
engines for new aircraft, and we need to evolve our flight test
operations to support this growth."

Flight test operations positions currently located in Plattsburgh, New
York, and Saint-Hubert, Quebec will be transferred to Mirabel. This will
create more than 75 highly skilled jobs at the new facility, including
test engineers and specialized technicians. An additional 100 indirect
jobs are also expected to be created for the construction of the new
facility and the maintenance of aircraft.

P&WC's new Mirabel flight test centre will require the temporary use of
an existing facility, starting in the fall of 2008, while the
construction of a new 164,000-square-foot facility is completed. This new
facility will feature two bays for the company's test aircraft, allowing
for the testing of a full range of development engines.

P&WC will operate two Boeing B747SP test aircraft by the time the new
flight test facility in Mirabel is completed in the spring of 2009. These
aircraft are currently being upgraded and modified with the necessary
test equipment.

Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, a 24/7 all-cargo airport, is
located in a non-urban area and has a runway capable of handling very
large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. "Mirabel gives us access to
efficient world-class infrastructures to meet our growing flight test
needs for years to come, and is also close to a critical mass of major
aerospace companies," said Brossoit.

P&WC's corporate shuttle service will continue to operate out of
St-Hubert Airport, where it is enjoying a steady increase in employee
passenger volume. The company's St-Hubert plant has also recently been
expanded with the opening of a new assembly line for PT6T Twin-Pac(R)
helicopter engines. It is one of the company's major engine overhaul and
repair centres, concentrating on PW100 and PT6 engine families, and
employs about 800 people.

Pratt & Whitney Canada, based in Longueuil, Quebec, is a world leader in
the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines powering
business, general aviation and regional aircraft and helicopters. The
company also manufactures auxiliary power units and industrial gas
turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., USA, is a
diversified company providing high technology products and services to
the global aerospace and building industries.

Contacts:
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Jean-Daniel Hamelin
General Press
450-647-7391
jean-daniel.hamelin@pwc.ca

Pratt & Whitney Canada
Diana Colby
Trade Press
450-647-4111
diana.colby@pwc.ca
www.pwc.ca

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