First Unit Set for Tangguh LNG Project in Indonesia
HOUSTON, TEXAS - December 12, 2005 : -- GE Energy recently completed successful testing of its new AN250 axial compressor, which is based on the proven technology of the existing AN200 compressor while offering a 20% increase in capacity, GE reported today at the 34th Turbomachinery Symposium.
KETTERING, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2005--GE's Retail Sales Finance unit and the Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO) are collaborating on a new consumer credit program that began launching nationwide in November 2005.
The Master IJO Jeweler "Jewelry Express" program will be available through more than 850 IJO retailers, and provides on-the-spot applications, credit decisions within minutes, special promotions and competitive interest rates.
December 9, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - TAM Brazilian Airlines has signed a 15-year OnPoint
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December 9, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - TAM Brazilian Airlines has become CFM International's newest customer, selecting the CFM56-5B engine to power 25 new Airbus A320 family aircraft. The airline has also taken options on up to 20 additional aircraft.
CFM56 engines are a product of CFM International (CFM), a 50/50 joint company between Snecma and General Electric Company. More than 15,500 CFM56 engines have been delivered to date to 430 operators around the globe making CFM the world's leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2005--
Checkpoint of the Future Laboratory Explores Innovative New Aviation Security Technologies
GE Security (NYSE: GE), with support from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), today unveiled a first-of-its-kind laboratory it expects will help identify, develop and make available technology solutions that will help to make air travel safer, security potentially less costly and negotiating passenger checkpoints more convenient.
RICHMOND, Va. & SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2005--Following an extensive market evaluation and request for proposal, the Commonwealth of Virginia (COV) is providing MasterCard(R) purchasing and travel cards to employees, agencies and other participants in its statewide card program. As of October 2005, Corporate Payment Services (CPS), the commercial card unit of GE Consumer Finance, supports the COV program.
December 5, 2005 -- EVENDALE, OH - On December 28, 1995, the world's most powerful jet engine--the GE90--on a new Boeing 777 was delivered to China Southern Airlines. Since then, GE and China Southern have developed a strong relationship and demonstrated the outstanding reliability of the GE90 engines.
December 5, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - US Airways has reached agreement with General Electric Company to purchase GEnx engines for its new order of 20 Airbus A350 aircraft.
US Airways is scheduled to take delivery of its A350s beginning in 2011. The GEnx engine contract with US Airways is valued at more than $400 million.
"GE has collaborated closely with US Airways as it restructures and invests in new aircraft," said David Romansky, GE's regional sales director. "GE has a long history with the airline and looks forward to supporting this new aircraft fleet."
