SINGAPORE, February 11, 2014 -- GE Capital Aviation Services, the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced at a press conference prior to the 2014 Singapore Air Show, that it has signed a contract with Myanma Airways, the flag carrier of Myanmar, to lease 10 new Boeing narrow bodies. Deliveries of the new leased aircraft are scheduled to begin in June 2015 and come from GECAS' existing order book with Boeing. The contract calls for six Boeing 737-800 models and four Boeing 737-8MAX models. The aircraft will deliver through 2020.
Airline becomes the first Malaysian operator to fly new efficient flight paths
Kent, WA USA / Kuala Lumpur -- December 16, 2013 -- AirAsia received approval to fly Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight paths in Malaysia, with support from GE Aviation. The Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation Authority (DCA), the regulator and air navigation service provider, granted the nation's first RNP operations approval November 28th following a successful RNP flight validation conducted at Penang October 18th.
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HANOI, VIETNAM -- November 27, 2013 -- GE and the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (ERAV), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), today signed an agreement for a 'renewable energy integration study' aimed at developing wind power as a reliable energy source into the national grid. The project is funded by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) under the Grant Agreement between the U.S. Government and the ERAV.