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Federal Antitrust Suit Targeting Aircraft Engine Sales Practices Is Settled

By  |  December 31, 2025

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Canada business has reached a settlement resolving a lawsuit that accused the engine maker of limiting competition in the market for used regional aircraft engines and parts, according to Reuters.

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    The case was brought by Universal Turbine Parts LLC, an Alabama-based supplier of aftermarket aircraft engines and components that competes with Pratt. In a court filing submitted Monday in federal court in Pennsylvania, Universal Turbine Parts said the parties had agreed to settle the dispute, per Reuters. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.

    The lawsuit, filed last year, alleged that Pratt & Whitney Canada sought to block independent sellers from acquiring used PT6 and PW100 engines for resale to regional aircraft operators and other customers. Pratt & Whitney Canada, the world’s largest producer of turboprop aircraft engines, denied the allegations throughout the case, according to Reuters.

    Universal Turbine Parts argued that Pratt’s conduct violated U.S. antitrust laws by preventing approved overhaul facilities from supplying engines and parts to independent sellers. The complaint claimed this practice constrained the market and resulted in higher prices for buyers. It also highlighted the scale of Pratt’s presence in the industry, noting that the company has manufactured more than 64,000 PT6 engines and 8,000 PW100 engines, describing them as “the largest installed base of aircraft engines within the United States and the world.”

    In its effort to have the lawsuit dismissed, Pratt characterized Universal Turbine Parts as “a private-equity owned middleman frustrated with its failures in the marketplace,” and maintained that antitrust laws are intended to protect competition and consumers rather than individual rivals, per Reuters.

    The case, formally titled Universal Turbine Parts LLC v. Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp, was heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under case number 2:24-cv-02021. Universal Turbine Parts was represented by attorneys from White & Case, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and Kohn, Swift & Graf. Pratt & Whitney Canada’s legal team included lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Bartlit Beck, and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, according to Reuters.

    Source: Reuters