GE Aviation

--EVENDALE, OHIO -- GE On Wing Support, Inc., a subsidiary of GE Engine Services, Inc. has formed its newest On Wing Support center at Asiana Airlines' Kimpo Airport facility in Seoul, South Korea. GE On Wing Support provides quick and efficient on wing engine maintenance and repair by dispatching rapid response teams to airline customers at any location in the world, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. GE On Wing Support facilities are also capable of handling quick "hospital shop" repairs, such as replacing low-pressure turbines, high-pressure turbines, combustors, fans and boosters. "Seoul is an excellent, strategic location for airline customers, and GE Engine Services is fortunate to be there," said Andy Solem, president of GE On Wing Support. "GE plans to make significant capital investments over the next three years to enhance Asiana's maintenance facility, and further improve Asiana's already excellent reliability." GE On Wing Support centers are located in the U.K. at Heathrow and Luton Airports; in China at GE On Wing Support (Xiamen) in Fujian Province; in Kuala Lumpur; and, in the United States, at the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, near Cincinnati, Ohio; JFK Airport in New York; Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; and Miami, Florida. Plans call for additional sites in 2000. ^SM On Wing Support is a service mark of General Electric Company of the United States.