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On The Shoulders Of Giants: Qatar Airways Agrees To Long-Term Order Of GE Jet Engines And Services

Tomas Kellner
July 10, 2019
When David Joyce, GE Aviation president and CEO, unveiled his company’s latest jet engine at the Paris Air Show last month, he called it “the biggest, most advanced wide-body engine in the world.” He wasn’t kidding. Looming over him was the engine’s massive front fan spanning 11 feet in diameter.
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FIA16

Are You Ready For The 18-Hour Flight?

Tomas Kellner
July 12, 2016
The oil embargo of 1973 was a miserable period when American towns banned Christmas lights to save electricity, billboards urged citizens to “turn off the damn lights” and filling stations dispensed gasoline by appointment only. The crisis got everyone thinking seriously about innovation and energy efficiency. One result: the massive and efficient jet engines that power the world’s longest commercial flights today.
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Dubai Air Show

GE Signs $16 Billion Deal to Service Emirates' Next-Gen Jet Engines

Tomas Kellner
November 10, 2015
There is no region in the world with a higher concentration of large GE jet engines than the Middle East.
The Dubai-based airline Emirates alone has 131 GE90-powered 777s in service and their engines just completed 1 million cycles, or trips – each cycle includes one takeoff and one landing. That number is now set to grow faster since Emirates has 44 more 777s with the same engine on order.
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