17 June 2013

Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing announced at the Paris Air Show a commitment to order 10 787-10X Dreamliners, powered with GEnx-1B engines. “We have studied the capabilities Boeing is developing for the 787-10X and anticipate strong demand from our airline customers for this airplane,” said GECAS President and CEO Norman C.T. Liu. “The 787-10X

Azul added 43 CF34-10E engines to its existing 15-year OnPointSM solution services agreement with GE Aviation covering the maintenance, repair and overhaul of 190 CF34 engines powering its EMBRAER E190 aircraft. Air Canada has committed to a 5-year OnPoint solution agreement for a firm fixed price on time and material to repair and overhaul its

CFM International has successfully completed testing of the third build of the advanced eCore Demonstrator program, achieving better than expected results, validating the company’s commitment to provide 15% better fuel efficiency compared to today’s best CFM56 engines. The first full LEAP-1A engine is currently in assembly and is on track to begin ground testing this

Apollo Aviation Group, an international full service aviation asset manager, has contracted to acquire flight equipment valued at more than $220m in the first five months of 2013, including two A320 CEO family aircraft, one A330-200, one A330-300, seven B737NGs, and seven engines. Ten of these aircraft are on lease to airlines in Asia, Europe

Xiamen Airlines signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with GE Aviation to select GEnx-1B engines to power its six Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The LOI also includes a 10-year OnPoint solution agreement for GE to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul of the airline’s GEnx fleet. The list price of the engine order and the OnPoint solution