NORWALK, CONN - May 16, 2016. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE [NYSE: GE], today announced that it is underway with its inaugural 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter conversion with Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). GECAS announced the launch of its AEI passenger-to-freighter conversion program at the Paris Air Show in June 2015.
NEW YORK - April 14, 2016 - Apex for Youth, Inc. today announced the establishment of the Norman C.T. Liu Apex Scholarship Fund at its annual Inspiration Awards Gala.
Founded in 1992, Apex for Youth is a not-for-profit organization based in New York City that offers educational and mentorship programs to underserved Asian and immigrant youth in grades 1 through 12. Ten scholarships will be awarded annually for the next five years to help selected high school students attend a college or university.
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SHANNON, Ireland - March 29, 2016 - GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to new customer Air India Express to expand the carrier’s fleet. Five more new 737-800 aircraft are scheduled for delivery to the airline later this year. All are part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.
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SHANNON, Ireland - March 4, 2016 - GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of three new leased Airbus A320 aircraft to new customer Qingdao Airlines Co., Ltd. to expand the start-up carrier’s fleet.The aircraft are part of GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus.
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PHOENIX, AZ - March 1, 2016 - The ISTAT Foundation announced the establishment of the Norman C.T. Liu Asia Scholarship Fund at the ISTAT Americas event today in Phoenix. The fund will provide significant financial support to Asian students at universities located in Asia who have an interest in aviation and are studying business, engineering, finance, aviation management or related aviation subjects.
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NORWALK, CONN - February 24, 2016 - GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced an expansion of its 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversion program with Boeing. Boeing will perform the conversions on five GECAS 737-800 aircraft to freighters with the first aircraft scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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SHANNON, Ireland - February17, 2016 - GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of two leased Airbus A320 aircraft to AtlasGlobal to expand the Turkish carrier’s fleet. AtlasGlobal operates scheduled and charter services from its base in Instanbul with a fleet of some 20 aircraft.
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SHANNON, Ireland - February 9, 2016 - GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced its Regional Aircraft Group signed an agreement with Air Berlin PLC for three new leased Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in September and the two others in October and November. The aircraft are part of GECAS’ existing order book with Bombardier.