Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Perhaps their bid was cheaper.
US-based airlines are unable to transport the massive GE9Xs, which ship on a stand measuring roughly 8 x 4 x 4m (26 x 14 x 13ft) and weighing 36,000lb (16,300kg). GE had used Antonov aircraft before to transport GE90s to Boeing in the early stages of the GE90 powered 777 program.