July 19, 2004 -- FARNBOROUGH - The GE90-115B is entering its second year of the most aggressive jet engine maturation test program ever designed by General Electric Company.
A four-year program simulating approximately 20 years of typical airline service, the GE90-115B maturation program involves three GE90-115B full-up test engines, which will accumulate more than 30,000 cycles of simulated field operations by mid-2006, well ahead of any engine in revenue service. The test engines will be evaluated to identify and resolve any durability issues.
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July 16, 2004 -- EVENDALE, OHIO -- The first GE Rolls-Royce F136 development engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is expected to begin ground-testing on July 23 at GE's facility in Evendale, Ohio, USA.
The fully assembled engine is now installed in the test stand and the checkout of test instrumentation is nearing completion.
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July 15, 2004 -- FARNBOROUGH -- Revenues are strongly rebounding this year for General Electric Company's Aircraft Engines business at the same time the company aggressively introduces new jet engines into service to assure future growth.
GE's Aircraft Engines, a part of GE Transportation, anticipates revenues in 2004 of approximately $12 billion, which is up from $10.97 billion in 2003.
(GE Transportation, which includes both Aircraft Engines and GE's Rail business, anticipates 2004 total revenues of approximately $15 billion.)
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July 14, 2004 -- EVENDALE, OHIO -- China Southern announced that it has signed a five-year extension to its current GE90 MCPH
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June 30, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Continental Airlines has ordered 35 Performance Improvement Program (PIP) upgrade kits for the GE90-90B engines powering its Boeing 777 fleet.
Continental is the sixth airline to order the PIP kit. Air France, Austrian, Kuwait Airways, China Southern and Saudi Arabian Airlines have purchased GE90 upgrade kits.
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June 29, 2004 -- TOULOUSE, FRANCE - In a ceremony held here today, China Airlines, the leading carrier of Taiwan, took delivery of its first Airbus A330-300 aircraft, powered by the GE's CF6-80E1 engines.
Last year, Taipei-based China Airlines selected GE's CF6 engines to power 12 Airbus A330-300s. China Airlines currently operates 33 aircraft, powered by GE and CFM56 engines, produced by CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of GE and Snecma Moteurs of France.
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June 22, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - GE Marine reported that its LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine will power the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) eighth ANZAC-class frigate, Nuship Ballarat. The frigate was recently delivered to the RAN during a ceremony in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia.
The ANZAC ship program is a collaboration between the Australian and New Zealand governments, involving the development and construction of 10 new ANZAC class frigates - eight for the RAN and two for the Royal New Zealand Navy.
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June 16, 2004 -- CINCINNATI, Ohio - Virgin America, the new Virgin-branded U.S. domestic airline, has announced an order for CFM56-5B engines to power up to 105 Airbus A320 family aircraft.
CFM56-5B engines are produced by CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma Moteurs and General Electric Company. The engine has been selected to power nearly 60 percent of the Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321 aircraft currently in service.
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