The GE90 Engine Celebrates 25 Years of Service
17 November 2020 - 8:21PM
Business Wire
GE has delivered more than 2,800 engines; propulsion pioneer has
surpassed 100 million flight hours
GE Aviation’s GE90 engine celebrates 25 years of service today,
and GE expects the technological pioneer engine to continue
powering aircraft for decades to come.
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Celebrating 25 years of service today,
the GE90 engine has been among the most reliable in the industry
with a world class dispatch reliability rate of 99.97 percent.
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On November 17, 1995, the GE90 entered service on the Boeing
777, powering a British Airways flight between London and
Dubai.
The GE90 engine has been among the most reliable in the industry
with a world class dispatch reliability rate of 99.97 percent. In
July, the engine family surpassed 100 million flight hours.
“We are excited to celebrate another GE90 milestone and would
like to congratulate everyone involved in the engine’s success,”
said Mike Kauffman, GE Aviation’s GE90 program general manager. “We
continue to deliver these extremely reliable engines and our
dedicated product support team will maintain the GE90 for many
years to come, providing maximum value throughout its
lifecycle.”
GE has delivered more than 2,800 GE90 -94B and upgraded -115B
engines to 70 operators around the world. The engine family powers
all Boeing 777 models and is the exclusive powerplant on the
777-300ER, -200LR, and 777F.
The GE90 engine faces some of the toughest demands daily on a
high-thrust commercial jet engine. Despite this, the engine has
achieved the lowest maintenance burden to date through service
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Its architecture and mechanical design have influenced every GE
and CFM turbofan over the last 20 years, from the popular GEnx and
record-selling CFM LEAP engine to the Passport for corporate jets
and the next generation GE9X engine for the Boeing 777X.
The GE90 engine held the world record as the most powerful jet
engine for 17 years at 127,900 pounds of thrust until the newly
certified GE9X engine achieved the new mark of 134,300 pounds.
Entry into service of the GE90-94B carried several
distinctions:
• GE Aviation’s first new baseline engine for large commercial
aircraft in more than 20 years
• The world's most powerful aircraft engine
• The world's largest aircraft engine; the 123-inch diameter of
the GE90 fan is approximately equal to the diameter of the fuselage
of a Boeing 727 airliner
• The first successful application of composite fan blades for a
commercial turbofan engine
• The highest bypass ratio (9:1) and highest overall pressure
ratio (40:1)
• The introduction of the Dual annular combustion system
About GE Aviation
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a
world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and
integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general
aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to
support these offerings. For more information, visit us at
www.ge.com/aviation. Follow GE Aviation on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/GEAviation and YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GEAviation.
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