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GE Aviation And Its Partners Win $22 Billion In New Deals At Farnborough Airshow

Tomas Kellner
July 19, 2018

It’s been a week splashed with sunshine at the Farnborough International Airshow — an unusual sight for England in July — but GE Aviation still made it rain. The GE unit that makes aircraft engines, plane components, avionics and other aerospace technology said it and its partner, CFM International, have won orders valued at more than $22 billion at list price.

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Jet Engines Are Not The Only GE Tech Powering Boeing’s Latest Wide-Body Passenger Jet

Fred Guterl
July 17, 2018
The sleek, raptorlike wings with folding tips of Boeing’s new wide-body passenger jet, the 777X, are not the only departure from the earlier aircraft in the successful 777 series.
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An App Store For Airplanes: ‘Open Avionics’ Brings Aerospace Software Into The Modern Age

Dorothy Pomerantz
July 17, 2018

Sign up for a new bank account or buy a new car and chances are you’ll be prompted to download corresponding apps that will give you the ability to control your finances or your car stereo from your phone. Constantly updating your phone in this way — so it’s customized to your life — is so routine at this point that most of us just take it for granted.

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Aerospace

Going For Great: In A Deal Valued At $6.5 Billion, GE Jet Engines Will Power American’s New Dreamliner Fleet

Tomas Kellner
April 07, 2018
Just two weeks ago, a Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew nonstop between Australia and London, a flight that lasted more than 17 hours and covered 9,000 miles. The two GE engines that powered the jet have landed in the news again today with an announcement from American Airlines.
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The flying leap of Qantas’s new Kangaroo Route

Natalie Filatoff
March 24, 2018
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce tells the story of Hudson Fysh, one of the founders of Qantas, who in 1931 said, “By 2031 … one may be seated in a bullet-shaped vehicle awaiting departure on a trip to London, occupying a little over half a day.” Yesterday evening, on Saturday March 24, 2018, around 236 passengers did just that when QF9, taxied down the runway at Perth airport to take off for the first non-stop passenger flight to London — expected duration 17 hours and 20 minutes.
“It seems we are 13 years ahead of schedule!” said Joyce.
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Aerospace

A Flight Of Fancy: Qantas Jet Flies Non-Stop From Australia To London For The First Time, Powered By GE

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 24, 2018
In the 1940s, it took a Qantas flight more than four days and seven stops to fly from Australia to London. A Qantas jet can now cover the same distance in 17 hours and 20 minutes, flying nonstop for the first time.
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Aerospace

Flying High: How Leasing Fueled The Takeoff Of The Airline Industry

Bruce Watson
Dorothy Pomerantz
February 06, 2018
Back in 1967, Allegheny Airlines was a small business with a big idea — connect dozens of American cities with regular flights.
But to do that, Allegheny needed wings. It bought regional carriers like Indiana’s Lake Central airlines and New York’s Mohawk Airlines to provide coverage east of the Mississippi River and in parts of Canada. But it still wasn’t enough. The problem: Planes are expensive and Allegheny couldn’t afford to buy the new aircraft it needed.
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Sleeping Giant: GE’s ‘In The Wild’ Explores The Power Of The World’s Largest Jet Engine

Dorothy Pomerantz
August 28, 2017
For the past six years, GE has been putting its newest jet engine, the GE9X, through its paces. Engineers have bombarded the engine with dust, ice and debris to simulate 3,000 takeoffs and landings. The overall cost of the testing alone: over $1 billion.
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Paris Air Show

Engines With 3D-Printed Parts Lift GE, Partners Over $31 Billion In Paris Air Show Orders

Tomas Kellner
June 21, 2017
Next-generation passenger jets powered by engines with 3D-printed parts dominated the 2017 Paris Air Show.
GE and its partners have received more than $31 billion in new business at the show, which opened Monday. The bulk of those orders are for a new family of LEAP jet engines with 3D-printed fuel nozzles. The LEAP engine was developed by CFM International, a 50-50 joint venture between GE  and France’s Safran Aircraft Engines.
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Aerospace

GE Invests $4.3 Billion To Build Next-Gen Jet Engines, Open New Factories In The US

Tomas Kellner
February 15, 2017
The GE9X jet engine that GE Aviation is developing for Boeing’s next-generation wide-body passenger jet, the 777X, is wider than the body of a Boeing 737 and more powerful than America’s first manned space rocket. It’s also a big deal for the company’s business. Although the world’s largest engine isn’t scheduled to enter service until around 2020, the company already has recorded some 700 orders and commitments valued at $28 billion at list price.
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