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order for 75 LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX recently announced the purchase 42 having only signed an exclusive deal with
aircraft announced at the 2013 Dubai Boeing 737 MAX aircraft powered by Airbus on the A350-1000 series, the -800
Air ShowGECAS: 20 LEAP-1B-powered CFM International’s LEAP-1B engines. and -900 series are theoretically open for
Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The engine order is valued at $1.1 billion competing engine suppliers.
To date, CFM has received total orders US at list price. The LEAP-1B is the sole Kishore Jayaraman,President, Rolls-
for nearly 6,000 LEAP engines across all powerplant for the Boeing 737 MAX, which Royce India, told AAA, “With passenger
three models, while total CFM56 engine has garnered orders for more than 1,800 numbers forecast to triple in the near
orders stand at more than 30,640 engines. aircraft to date. future, wide-body aircraft could be a
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) has also “We are pleased that SpiceJet has key solution to increase efficiency in
recently purchased CFM56-7B engines continued to place its trust in CFM,” said passenger load and air traffic and we
to power 12 Boeing Next-Generation Gaël Meheust, vice president of Sales for are the engine provider of choice in that
737-800 airplanes. The engine order is CFM International. “We have built a great market.”
valued at US$260 million at list price. All relationship with this airline over the years Rolls-Royce has built a technology
of JTA’s new 737s will be powered by the and really look forward to introducing the leadership position with its Trent family
CFM56-7BE engine, the new production LEAP engine into their fleet.” of engines, the latest of which, the Trent
configuration introduced in mid-2011. SpiceJet, a long-time CFM customer, XWB, is the world’s most efficient engine
CFM used advanced computer codes and currently operates a fleet of more than flying today. Trent engines will continue in
three-dimensional design techniques 40 CFM56-7B-powered Boeing Next- service for decades to come with 2,500 in
to improve airfoils in the high- and low- Generation 737-800 and 737-900ER service and more than 2,500 on order.
pressure. aircraft. The company has built a technology
“This is a great way to come off a More than 450 GE and CFM engines leadership position with its Trent family
record orders year,” said Jean-Paul are in-service in India with an additional of engines, the latest of which, the Trent
Ebanga, president and CEO of CFM 200 engines on order with local carriers. XWB, is the world’s most efficient engine
International. “As we get ready to U.K.- based Rolls Royce is a market flying today. Rolls-Royce is continually
celebrate our 40th anniversary later this leader in the wide-body civil aircraft engine innovating and, as part of that on-going
year, we constantly remind ourselves that market, with 2,454 engines currently process, is looking to build on the success
we simply could not be here without the in service, and 2,763 engines on order. of the Trent family of engines with two
tremendous trust that has been placed in With GE’s exclusive deal with Boeing to new generation engine designs – Advance
us by Airbus, Boeing, and COMAC, as well supply engines for the new longer-range &UltraFan.
as by our 530 operators around the globe. versions of the 777 aircraft, Rolls Royce “Our Trent XWB is the world’s most
It is truly humbling.” will be the sole supplier of engines for the efficient aero engine, that will power the
With thousands of GE engines new Airbus A350 aircraft. With Rolls Royce first Airbus A350 XWB into commercial
installed on the global fleet of commercial,
business and general aviation aircraft,
GE is helping power the aircraft that
are moving India. There are over 450
engines in service across India using GE
technology and another 200 on order with
local Indian carriers. India’s commercial
airline fleet is expected to grow quad-fold
in the next two decades and GE Aviation
is poised to meet the challenge of that
rapid growth. Specifically designed for the
Boeing 777, the GE90 is the world’s most
powerful turbofan (having demonstrated
over 127,000 pounds of thrust). It is the
exclusive powerplant for long-range 777-
300ER and -200LR twinjets
GE’s CF6-50 engine began operating
on Indian Airline’s Airbus A300 fleet
almost 30 years ago, and this was followed
by orders from Air Indian for CF6-80C2
engines to power its A310 aircraft.
Indian low cost carrier SpiceJet
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