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Paris Air Show

The World’s Largest Jet Engine Starts Certification Testing

June 20, 2017
Everything that has happened to this point — the hundreds of hours of bombardment with ice, the exposure to dust and debris that simulated 3,000 takeoffs and landings — was just the prelude. In recent weeks, the GE9X, the largest jet engine ever built, has started its certification testing at GE Aviation's bootcamp for jet engines in Peebles, Ohio.
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Paris Air Show

GE's 3D-Printed Airplane Engine Will Run This Year

June 19, 2017
The last time engineers designed a civilian turboprop engine from scratch for mass-production, humans had not yet landed on the moon. Unlike jet engines, turboprops typically power small commercial shuttles and personal aircraft, but they still represent a multibillion-dollar market. As a result, a new machine created by a team at GE Aviation is now causing a stir.
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Paris Air Show

Working Capital: How Betting On A Maverick Made AirAsia Soar

P D Olson
June 19, 2017
Anthony “Tony” Fernandes is a risk taker. One of the best-known airline chiefs in the world, he’s revered for taking Asia’s first low-cost airline up from near-bankruptcy to a company with more than 7,000 employees and a $2 billion valuation. For eight years in a row, AirAsia has won awards for being the world’s best no-frills airline.
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Paris Air Show

GE, CFM Expect $15 Billion In New Business In Paris; New LEAP Engines Are Giving A Lift To The Aviation Industry

Tomas Kellner
June 18, 2017
Low fuel prices and more airplanes in the air are taking us into a new golden age for aviation, according to the mood here at the 2017 Paris Air Show, which starts on Monday. Data from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) trade group show that the global passenger volume will grow by 7.4 percent in 2017 and the number of planes will increase by 3.8 percent. The typical aircraft is also more than 80 percent full on average. IATA projects total airline profits at $30 billion this year.
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“I Love Them All:” Pilot and Photographer Adam Senatori Talks About Shooting the World’s Biggest Airshows

June 25, 2015
The cover of GE’s 1951 Annual Report included an exterior shot of the High Voltage Lab. Image credit: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady
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The Paris Air Show through the Lens of a Pilot Photographer

June 21, 2015
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The Great Paris Air Show Scavenger Hunt for GE Tech

June 18, 2015
For GE and CFM International, GE’s joint company with France’s Snecma (Safran), the Paris Air Show was primarily about selling the latest jet engines like the LEAP, the GEnx, and the GE9X. But that doesn’t mean the company didn’t have other technology around.
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GE and Partners Win $19 Billion in New Deals at Paris Air Show

June 18, 2015
The Paris Air Show will stay open to the public over the weekend, but the business part is over. GE and CFM International, GE’s joint company with France’s Snecma (Safran), reported a combined total of $19 billion in new business.
GE received orders valued at $5.4 billion, including orders for its new GE9X engine, which is currently in development. Testing on the engine is scheduled to begin next year.
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Oops, the Dreamliner Did it Again

June 16, 2015
Five GEnx engines together generate the same amount of thrust as one Space Shuttle rocket engine. The GIF above shows what that power looks like on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Once again on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, Boeing test pilots Randy Neville and Van Chaney performed a near-vertical takeoff with the Vietnam Airlines’ 787-9 – an extended version of the Dreamliner.
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Perspectives

On a Mission for Enthusiasm at Paris Air Show — Q&A with Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group

Richard Aboulafia Teal Group
June 15, 2015

Beyond the deal-making, advances in aviation technology such as 3D printing to the Industrial Internet could steal the show this year.

 

The Paris Air Show is the Cannes Festival of aviation — the annual event where top industry players go to see and be seen, whether it’s inking jumbo jet deals or unveiling the smartest technologies rocket science has to offer.
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