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First Choice Airways has purchased an additional four Boeing 787
Dreamliners, powered by the fast-selling GEnx engine--taking total
GEnx orders to 830 for 28 customers, with a list price value of more
than $10 billion.
This most recent First Choice engine order is valued at more than
$125 million. This is First Choice's third order for GEnx-powered
Boeing 787s, bringing its total order to 12 aircraft. First Choice
Airways, a subsidiary of First Choice Holidays PLC, was the first GEnx
customer. Aircraft deliveries to First Choice begin in 2009.
The GEnx is part of GE's "ecomagination" product portfolio--GE's
commitment to develop new, cost-effective technologies that enhance
customers' environmental and operating performance. The GEnx's
composite and combustion technologies are unique to the commercial
aviation industry.
"Having taken the decision to increase our commitment to long-haul
destinations, we wanted to ensure we could do this in the most
cost-effective and environmentally sound way, while offering our
customers new destinations and even more comfortable travel," said
Dermot Blastland, managing director of First Choice Mainstream
Holidays, on selecting the GE-powered 787s.
""This decision demonstrates the confidence First Choice has in
the engine-aircraft combination," said Tom Brisken, general manager of
the GEnx program. "First Choice was our first GEnx customer, and the
airline has continued to build upon its original 787 fleet."
Since February, the GEnx has been flight-testing on GE's 747
flying testbed. GEnx development engines have accumulated more than
1,000 hours of testing in ground tests since March 2006. Engine
certification is scheduled for later this year.
Based on the highly successful GE90 architecture, the GEnx engine
is one of the quietest, most fuel-efficient jet engines ever. It will
succeed GE's CF6 family, the best-selling engine on wide-body
aircraft. The GEnx will provide significantly better specific fuel
consumption and payload performance than CF6 engines.
The GEnx engine, which will power both the 787 and the 747-8, is
the world's only jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades
made of composites, which provide for greater engine durability,
weight reduction and lower operating costs. The fan blades will
utilize GE90 composite technology that has performed extremely well,
with no routine on-wing maintenance required and no in-service issues
for more than a decade.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:
GE), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of jet engines for
civil and military aircraft. GE Aviation's engine backlog by the end
of 2006 reached $14.2 billion, compared to $9.4 billion by the end of
2005. GE also is a world-leading provider of maintenance and support
services for jet engines. Visit us at www.ge.com/aviation.
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