GE Aviation Receives Orders for CF34-10E Engines

June 20, 2011

 

LE BOURGET -- GE Aviation has received orders for a total of 38 CF34-10E engines as part of the EMBRAER E190 aircraft order announced today at the Paris Air Show. 

The engine orders are as follows: 

  • Kenya Airways ordered 10 EMBRAER 190s.
  • Air Lease Corporation ordered five EMBRAER 190s.
  • GECAS ordered two EMBRAER 190s.
  • Air Astana ordered two EMBRAER 190s.
  • This total value of these engine orders is more than $260M (USD) list price. 


"The CF34-10E-powered EMBRAER 190 aircraft has garnered a significant number of orders since it entered service, and GE will ship its 1,000 CF34-10E engine next month," said Kevin McAllister, vice president and general manager of Global Sales at GE Aviation. "Today's orders announced by EMBRAER demonstrate that operators recognize the reliability of the engine/aircraft combination and continue to add it to their aircraft fleet." 

With the highest thrust rating for the CF34 engine family at 20,000 pounds of thrust, the CF34-10E engines 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 Aviation'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.