Pratt & Whitney Canada has entered into a four-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with AirBorneo Airways, Sarawak's state-owned airline, covering its fleet of ATR 72-500 regional turboprops.
Under the deal, which runs through 2030, PW127M engines powering the carrier's ATR aircraft will be serviced at Pratt & Whitney Canada's facility in Singapore — a site that recently received investments to expand its turboprop MRO capabilities.
AirBorneo was established in January following a transition from MASWings and operates its ATR 72-500 fleet on the Rural Air Services network, connecting remote communities across East Malaysia. The carrier also flies Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otters and has eight ATR-600 aircraft on order. In July, it introduced jet operations on routes between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
"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.
Megat Ardian Aminuddin, CEO of AirBorneo, said: "Having this support based in Singapore puts our engine maintenance and repairs close to home and our aircraft back in service faster."
The PW127M belongs to Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW100 engine family, which has accumulated more than 200 million flight hours. The engines are used across a range of regional turboprop aircraft operating in demanding environments.
Pratt & Whitney Canada is a business unit of RTX, which reported 2025 sales of more than $88 billion and employs over 180,000 people globally. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol RTX.
