Thu, Jul 19, 2018
Carrier Has Purchased Six Additional 787-9 Aircraft, Brining Total To 19
Ethiopian Airlines selected the GEnx engine to power its six additional Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. This selection increases Ethiopian Airlines' GEnx-powered B787 aircraft to 19 total.
"The GEnx engine has performed extremely well for our airline with high reliability and good fuel efficiency," said Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. "This proven performance led to our selection of the GEnx engine for our additional B787 aircraft."
"The GEnx engine is the most popular engine powering the B787 Dreamliner," said Chaker Chahrour, VP Global Sales & Marketing at GE Aviation. "We look forward to delivering these additional engines to Ethiopian Airlines as part of its fleet expansion."
GE Aviation has sold more than 2,000 GEnx engines in less than 15 years since launching the program, solidifying it as the fastest selling high-thrust GE engine in history. With the most advanced technologies and materials, the GEnx has the highest reliability and utilization, lowest fuel burn and longest range capable of any engine available on the B787 aircraft. The highest pressure ratio compressor in commercial service today enables the best fuel efficiency in its thrust class, resulting in the GEnx engine powering the longest B787 routes.
The GEnx's innovative lean burning twin-annular pre-swirl (TAPS) combustor dramatically reduces NOx and other regulated gases below today's regulatory limits and enhances durability. As the world's first commercial engine with both a carbon fiber composite front fan case and fan blades, the GEnx fan module is lighter in weight, corrosion resistant with less line maintenance and improved reliability, and is the quietest engine GE produces. These leading-edge technologies and engine architecture bring high operational reliability and result in a high utilization rate of GEnx-powered B787 aircraft for more flights per year and more revenue for airlines.
(Source: GE Aviation news release. Image from file)
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