Ethiopian Airlines chooses GEnx engine
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Ethiopian Airlines chooses GEnx engine
Ethiopian Airlines chooses GEnx engine
Ethiopian Airlines has purchased GE Aviation's GEnx engine to power its fleet of 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
The order is valued at $330 million. Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2008.
Ethiopian Airlines will be the first in Africa to fly the GEnx-powered Dreamliner, Roger Seager, GE Aviation's vice president of sales said in a news release. :
The GEnx engine is the sole jet engine with a front fan case and fan blades made of composites, which provide for greater engine durability, weight reduction and lower operating costs. :
GE Aviation, based in Evendale, develops and manufactures jet engines for commercial and military aircraft. It is a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE), headquartered in Connecticut
Ethiopian Airlines has purchased GE Aviation's GEnx engine to power its fleet of 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
The order is valued at $330 million.
Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2008.Ethiopian Airlines will be the first in Africa to fly the GEnx-powered Dreamliner,
Roger Seager, GE Aviation's vice president of sales said in a news release. :The GEnx engine is the sole jet engine with a front fan case and fan blades made of composites, which provide for greater engine durability, weight reduction and lower operating costs.
:GE Aviation, based in Evendale, develops and manufactures jet engines for commercial and military aircraft. It is a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE), headquartered in Connecticut
