MINExpo 2012
First Aircraft Leased Into Myanmar By GE Unit
SINGAPORE, September 24, 2012 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced it will lease two modern Embraer E190 aircraft to Myanma Airways, the flag carrier of Myanmar.
The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in November and December 2012.
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, GE (NYSE: GE) today released the following statement from the leaders of its corporate affinity network, the GE Hispanic Forum:
"Today we mark the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, a time when we celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
RIO DE JANEIRO, September 19, 2012 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced today that it has delivered a new leased ATR 72-600 aircraft to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A as part of a purchase and leaseback transaction.
The aircraft is the first of five new ATR72-600s GECAS will lease to Azul to expand the airline's fleet. These aircraft come from Azul's existing orderbook with ATR. The remaining four deliveries are scheduled through April 2013.
EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United States Air Force (USAF) has selected GE Aviation for negotiations to mature a suite of technologies to include variable cycle technology for the Adaptive Engine Technology Development (AETD) program. AETD will enable GE to address the USAF's propulsion needs for improved fuel burn to provide combat aircraft in the beyond-2020 timeframe with significantly enhanced range, performance and thermal management capabilities.
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The appointment of Anthony Pope as an Executive Vice President of Nexcelle was announced today by this joint venture of GE's Middle River Aircraft Systems and the Safran group's Aircelle, which is developing new-generation jet engine nacelle solutions for integrated propulsion systems.
SHANNON, Ireland, September 12, 2012 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced delivery of two leased Airbus A320 aircraft to BH Air Ltd. to expand the airline's fleet.
BH Air, also known as Balkan Holidays Airlines, currently operates a fleet of six Airbus aircraft primarily on a charter basis between Bulgaria and various destinations in Europe as well as actively operating the aircraft on a wet-lease basis for other airlines.
