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Issuer:     WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)
CIK:        0001018164
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001018164-24-000107
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Willis Lease buys nine Pratt & Whitney GTF engines for ~$200M; deliveries by year-end 2024
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- Purchase of nine PW1133G-JM engines from Pratt & Whitney valued at approx. $200 million at 2024 list prices.
- All purchases expected to close by December 31, 2024.
- GTF engines offer up to 20% better fuel efficiency vs prior gen and are certified for 50% SAF.
- Willis CEO cites alignment with growth strategy and long-term fleet modernization.
- Pratt & Whitney is a subsidiary of RTX (NYSE: RTX).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816424000107/0001018164-24-000107-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816424000107/wlfc-20241217.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001018164-24-000107

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