The Next Generation: Which Jet Engines Lift GE’s Mojo?
In December 2011, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by two GEnx jet engines set a pair of world records for the fastest eastbound trip around the world and longest flight for an aircraft in its class.
Flying Blue: Air France-KLM Place $1.7 Billion GE Jet Engine Order for New Dreamliner Fleet
The GEnx jet engine is so powerful that five of them together can produce the same thrust at sea level as one Space Shuttle rocket engine.
It takes just two to lift a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and Air France-KLM will use these engines on a fleet of 37 new Dreamliner jets. The airline will own 25 of the planes and lease the rest. The value of the engine order tops $1.7 billion.
Sphere of Turbulence: What’s Hiding Inside a Mysterious Orb at GE’s Jet Engine Boot Camp?
Boeing To Use GE’s Powerful GE90 for Next-Gen 777 Plane
Boeing said today it picked GE as the engine partner for the next-generation of its 777 long-range passenger jet. “We are studying airplane improvements that will extend today’s 777 efficiencies and reliability for the next two decades or longer, and the engines are a significant part of that effort,“ said Bob Feldmann, vice president and general manager for the 777X development project at Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
GEnx-Powered Boeing 787 Dreamliner Sets New Distance and Speed Records on Round-the-World Flight
This week, Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner powered by GE’s GEnx engines took off from Seattle for a record flight to circumnavigate the globe. The plane stopped only in Dhaka, Bangladesh for two hours of refueling. The flight set two new world records for its weight class in nonstop distance flown and speed for an eastbound flight around the world. Our graphic below has the nuts and bolts.