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China Southern Selects CF34-10E-powered Embraer E190s

June 20, 2011

LE BOURGET -- China Southern Airlines today has selected 20 CF34-10E-powered EMBRAER 190 aircraft to add to its fleet. China Southern is leasing the E190s from China Development Bank (CDB) Leasing. Aircraft deliveries will begin this year. 

"China Southern Airlines and GE Aviation have enjoyed a successful relationship with the airline being the launch customer for the GE90-powered Boeing 777 in Asia," said Kevin McAllister, vice president and general manager, Global Sales at GE Aviation. "The CF34-10E engine line set the standard for reliability in regional aviation and we know that China Southern will be very pleased with this selection." 

"We are confident in the performance and reliability of GE's CF34 engines," said Dong Suguang, Vice President of China Southern Airlines. "The CF34-10E-powered E190 will be a great fit for our business expansion in the northwest region, especially in Xinjiang area." 

China Southern Airlines, one of the largest airlines in China, operates more than 600 domestic and international routes. It is the only carrier in mainland China in the world's Top 10 passenger airlines. 

With the highest thrust rating for the CF34 engine family at 20,000 pounds, 1,000 CF34-10E engines will be in service with 43 customers by July 2011. The engine continues to perform well in the field, accumulating more than 5 million flight-hours and 3 million cycles. The engine includes many advanced technologies, including a single-stage high-pressure turbine, advanced wide-chord fan blades, advanced 3-D aero compressor and turbine airfoils, and a chevron exhaust nozzle. The CF34-10E engine powers the EMBRAER 190/195 aircraft as well as the Embraer Lineage 1000 business jet. 

GE's CF34 engine, the best-selling engine in regional aviation history, has surpassed 5,000 total deliveries. Every 8 seconds, a GE CF34-powered aircraft takes off somewhere in the world, and CF34 engines travel the equivalent of 210 times around the planet each day, carrying 500,000 passengers to their destinations. With a dispatch reliability rate of 99.95 percent and more than 72 million flight-hours and 59 million cycles, the CF34 engine epitomizes the reliability and durability necessary for high-cycle operation. 

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.