Press Archive: 1999

• December 20, 1999

  GE Opens On Wing Support at Los Angeles International Airport

• December 17, 1999

  Last CFM56-3 Rolls Off Production Line

• December 17, 1999

  CFM56-5B to Power debis AirFinance A320 Family Aircraft

• December 17, 1999

  Futura International Airways Takes Delivery of First CFM56-Powered Boeing Next-Generation 737

• December 15, 1999

  GECAS Places $500 Million Engine Order for CF6-80C2 Engines

• December 8, 1999

  Nouvelair Receives First CFM-Powered A320

• December 7, 1999

  GE CF34-8C1 Turbofan Engine Awarded FAA Type Certificate

• December 2, 1999

  GE To Form Asian On Wing Support Facility in Malaysia

• November 30, 1999

  CIT Expands CFM56 Fleet with $100 Million CFM56-5B Engine Order

• November 29, 1999

  Air 2000 Places $40 Million CFM56 Engine Order

• November 11, 1999

  GE Signs MoI To Establish Engine Services Venture In Japan

• October 28, 1999

  GE CT7-8 Engines Complete Flawless Maiden Flight

• October 26, 1999

  Air France Launches Higher Thrust CF6 Engine in $250 Million Deal

• October 14, 1999

  GE Wins $40 Million Contract From Australia's Kendell Airlines

• October 7, 1999

  CFM56 Fleet in China Logs 5 Million Flight Hours

• October 7, 1999

  GE CT7 Engines Power Transatlantic Flight of EH Industries EH101 Helicopter

• September 30, 1999

  GE90-94B Concludes Highly Successful Flight Test Program

• September 22, 1999

  GE to Supply IHI With LM2500 and LM1600 Gas Turbines for Emergency Power Generation in Tokyo, Japan

• September 22, 1999

  Five Asian Plants To Begin Commercial Operation Powered By GE's LM6000 Aeroderivative Gas Turbines

• September 15, 1999

  GE-P&W Engine Alliance Clears European Commission Review

• September 15, 1999

  GE-IAI Aviation Services International Wins Launch Order Worth More Than $70 Million

• September 11, 1999

  GE's New CT7-8 Engine Successfully Completes Ingestion Testing at National Research Council

• September 7, 1999

  CFM56-7-Powered Boeing 737 Receives 180-Minute ETOPS Approval

• September 7, 1999

  Comair to Demonstrate Communications System Developed by GE Harris Aviation Information Solutions

• September 3, 1999

  GE Engine Services Initiates $1 Billion Continental Services Agreement

• September 2, 1999

  Sabena Takes Delivery of First CFM56-5B-Powered A320

• August 26, 1999

  Rollout of GE-Powered Boeing 767-400ER

• August 25, 1999

  LanChile Places $160 Million CFM56 Engine Order

• August 25, 1999

  GE F110 Selected to Power Egyptian F-16C/D Aircraft

• August 25, 1999

  GE Engine Services Wins Exclusive Agreement for Engine Overhaul of NetJets Fleet GE Engine Services Wins Exclusive Agreement for Engine Overhaul of NetJets Fleet

• August 23, 1999

  GE Instrumental in Historic Aircraft Noise Reduction Milestone

• August 19, 1999

  TECH56 Fan Begins Full-Scale Testing

• August 12, 1999

  China Airlines Selects CFM Engines in $160 Million Order

• August 11, 1999

  China Airlines Selects GE Engines in $400 Million Order

• August 5, 1999

  Two GE LM6000 Gas Turbines Supplied by IHI are Installed at IPCL-Dahej Captive Cogeneration Plant in India

• August 4, 1999

  CFM, Airbus Industrie, and Air France Agree to Launch CFM56-5B on Airbus A318

• August 4, 1999

  GE Engine Services (Xiamen) Breaks Ground for New Facility

• August 2, 1999

  GE90-94B Flight Testing on Schedule

• July 22, 1999

  CFM56-7-Powered Boeing 737 AEW&C Aircraft Chosen By Australian Defense Force

• July 22, 1999

  GE Expert Highlights Benefits Of Aeroderivative Gas Turbines To Reduce Marine Exhaust Emissions

• July 12, 1999

  JSF-F120 engine Team Completes $440 Million Development Negotiation

• July 7, 1999

  Boeing Selects the GE90 Engine as Exclusive Powerplant for Longer-Range 777 Derivatives

• July 7, 1999

  GE's LM2500 Gas Turbine Used as Prime Mover in IPS Test Program; First U.S. Navy Electric Drive Configuration

• July 7, 1999

  Third and Fourth MDV 3000-Class Fast Ferries Begin Service Powered by LM2500 Aeroderivative Gas Turbines

• June 17, 1999

  Northwest Airlines Places $300 Million CFM56-5A Order

• June 16, 1999

  CFM Books Orders Valued at $1.35 Billion During Paris Air Show

• June 15, 1999

  Flight Options Purchases 25 Fairchild Aerospace Envoy 7 Business Aircraft in $100 Million Engine Deal

• June 15, 1999

  GE CF34 Growth Engines Selected by Embraer for New Regional Jets

• June 15, 1999

  Crossair's Embraer Regional Jet Selection Boots GE CF34 Growth Engine Orders to Extraordinary Levels

• June 15, 1999

  ILFC Places $1 Billion CFM56-7 Engine Order

• June 15, 1999

  Philips Joins the Joint Strike Fighter F120 Team

• June 15, 1999

  GE and Asiana Evaluating Formation of First North Asian On Wing Support Facility

• June 15, 1999

  GE Engine Services and LOT Polish Airlines Sign Transaction Agreement for the Formation of Engine Maintenance Venture

• June 14, 1999

  CIT Becomes New CFM56 Customer With $100 Million CFM56-7 Engine Order

• June 14, 1999

  Midway Places $150 Million CFM56-7 Engine Order for New Next-Generation 737 Aircraft

• June 14, 1999

  Jet Airways Expands CFM56 Fleet with $100 Million CFM56-7 Order

• June 13, 1999

  GE's CF34 Growth Engine Development Eminently Successful

• June 13, 1999

  New CF6 Engines Prepared for Boeing 767-400ER First Flight

• June 13, 1999

  CFM56-5 Continues to Set the Standards for Airbus Industrie A320 Aircraft

• June 13, 1999

  1999 To Be Record CFM56 Production Year

• June 13, 1999

  CFM56-7 an Outstanding Performer in First 18 Months of Revenue Service

• June 13, 1999

  CFM Maintains Marketplace Leadership

• June 13, 1999

  CFM Marks 25th Anniversary, Delivers 10,000th Engine at Paris Air Show

• June 13, 1999

  CFM International's Double Annular Combustor Technology

• June 13, 1999

  Project TECH56 on Schedule at Half Way Mark

• June 13, 1999

  GE90-94B Development Approaches Key Milestones While Technologies are Matured for Higher-Thrust Derivatives

• June 13, 1999

  Steady Progress on GE-P&W Engine Alliance GP7000 Family Continues

• June 13, 1999

  Technology Advances Position GE Fighter Engines for Continued Global Leadership

• June 13, 1999

  GE Engine Services Anticipates 1999 Revenues of Nearly $5.5 Billion

• June 13, 1999

  GE's New T700/CT7 Program Advancing Steadily

• June 1, 1999

  GE's New On-Line Remote Diagnostics Offers Ongoing Analysis of Key Gas Turbine Operating Data

• June 1, 1999

  GE's Worldwide LM Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Fleet Reaches 40 Million Operating Hours

• May 11, 1999

  GE Engine Services, Inc., Awarded $35 Million Contract

• May 1, 1999

  Azzurra Air Takes Delivery Of First CFM56-Powered Aircraft

• April 29, 1999

  Lufthansa Launch Customer for GE-Powered Fairchild 728Jet in Multimillion Dollar Engine Buy

• April 23, 1999

  GE to Supply Alstom with LM6000 Aeroderivative Gas Turbine for Boral Energy Australian Power Plant

• April 12, 1999

  GE's New CT7-8 Engine Undergoes Certification Testing At National Research Center

• April 8, 1999

  GE Aviation Units Invest In Curtis Power Company to Provide Jet Engine Operating Leases

• April 6, 1999

  GE T700 Engines Selected to Power Singapore Apache Helicopters

• April 1, 1999

  GE Engine Services-Corporate Aviation, Inc. Acquires Electrosonics, Inc.

• March 29, 1999

  CF34 Turbofan Engine Achieves Three Million Flight Hour Milestone in Airline Service

• March 23, 1999

  GE Marine Engines to Supply MTU with Two LM2500+ Gas Turbines for Corsaire 13000 Fast Ferry

• March 11, 1999

  GE CF34-8C1 Flight Test Program Begins With Highly Successful First Flight

• March 9, 1999

  GE Marine Engines Completes Testing on Two LM2500+s For Royal Caribbean's First Gas Turbine-Powered Cruise Ships

• March 3, 1999

  Sabena Takes Delivery of First DAC-Powered A321

• March 3, 1999

  GE Marine Engines to Supply MTU with Three LM2500 Gas Turbines for Germany's F124 Frigates

• March 3, 1999

  GE Aircraft Engine Services Establishes Overhaul Joint Venture in China

• March 2, 1999

  CF34 Success Story Continues With "Largest Ever" Sale of Canadair Regional Jets

• February 15, 1999

  Chinese Ambassador Visits GE Aircraft Engines Facility

• February 10, 1999

  GE Marine Engines to Supply Kvaerner Energy with Two LM2500 Gas Turbines for Bornholms Trafikken Fast Ferry

• January 29, 1999

  GE Supplies IHI with Four LM2500 Gas Turbines to Power Japanese 10DD Destroyers

• January 28, 1999

  GE and CFM Win Majority of 1998's Large Commercial Engine Orders

• January 22, 1999

  GE to Supply Dresser-Rand with Seven DLE-Equipped LM2500+ Gas Turbines for Statoil's Asgard B and Karsto Facilities

• January 19, 1999

  COPA Becomes Newest CFM Customer with CFM56-7-Powered 737 Order

• January 15, 1999

  GE Engines Power First Flight of Sikorsky S-92 Helibus Helicopter

• January 8, 1999

  GE Marine Engines Appoints Read Tuddenham as Manager Marine Applications and Ship Integration

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