GE Aerospace confirmed today that Air Canada has ordered 36 GEnx-1B engines plus four spares to power its new order of Boeing 787-10 aircraft. The order includes options for 24 additional GEnx-1B engines.
36 GEnx-1B turbojets
GE Aerospace confirmed today that Air Canada has ordered 36 GEnx-1B engines plus four spares to power its new order of Boeing 787-10 aircraft. The order includes options for 24 additional GEnx-1B engines. The Montreal-based carrier took delivery of its first Dreamliner in 2014 and currently operates 38 787-8 and 787-9 Dreamliners, all powered by GEnx engines. “Air Canada has been a long-time GE Aerospace customer, and we are pleased to support our fleet renewal with these highly efficient GEnx engines to ensure consistency and synergies across our Dreamliner fleet,” said Joshua Vanderveen, Vice President of Maintenance at Air Canada.
The GEnx-1B equips two out of three 787 aircraft in service.
The GEnx engine family has logged more than 50 million flight hours since entering service in 2011 and is the fastest-selling high-thrust engine in GE history with nearly 3,000 engines in service and backlog orders, including spare parts. The GEnx-1B equips two out of three 787 aircraft in service. The engine also saves 1.4% in fuel for a typical 787 mission compared to its competitors, which equates to $300,000 in fuel savings per aircraft per year. The additional fuel savings reduce more than 2 million pounds of CO2 per aircraft per year. Like all GE Aerospace engines, the GEnx can operate today on approved Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blends. GEnx revenue sharing participants are IHI Corporation (Japan), GKN Aerospace Engine Systems (UK), MTU (Germany), TechSpace Aero (Safran) (Belgium), Safran Aircraft Engines (France) and Samsung Techwin (Korea ).
