EVENDALE, OHIO -- Air Pacific has selected the GEnx engines to power its five firm and three option Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Delivery of the engines will begin in 2011. The engine deal is valued at more than $100 million list price. 



"GE is very proud that Air Pacific has selected the GEnx engine to power its new Boeing 787 fleet," said Scott Donnelly, president and CEO of GE Aviation. "The GEnx engine is performing exceptionally well in our testing program, and we look forward to supporting Air Pacific before and after the engines enter service in 2011. Air Pacific is a key carrier in the South Pacific and a terrific GE customer. This decision will extend the excellent relationship that began in 1983 and continues to this day." 



"After extensive and in-depth evaluation and negotiation, we have selected the General Electric manufactured GEnx engine due to its superior operating performance and improved environmental impact across the Air Pacific network," said John Campbell, managing director and Chief Executive Officer for Air Pacific. "The GEnx-powered Boeing 787-9 is 20 percent more fuel efficient than our current Boeing 767 aircraft, will produce up to 20 percent less carbon dioxide, 40 percent less nitrous oxide and have a noise footprint that is 50 percent lower than the Boeing 767 aircraft." 



Based on the highly successful GE90 architecture, the GEnx engine is one of the quietest, most fuel-efficient jet engines ever. It will succeed GE's CF6 family, the best-selling engine on wide-body aircraft. 



Since February, the GEnx has been flight-testing on GE's 747 flying testbed. GEnx development engines have accumulated more than 2,000 hours of testing in ground tests since March 2006. Engine certification is scheduled for later this year. 



The GEnx engine, which will power both the 787 and the 747-8, is the world's only jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades made of composites, which provide for greater engine durability, weight reduction and lower operating costs. The fan blades will utilize GE90 composite technology that has performed extremely well, with no routine on-wing maintenance required and no in-service issues for more than a decade. 



The GEnx is part of GE's "ecomagination" product portfolio--GE's commitment to develop new, cost-effective technologies that enhance customers' environmental and operating performance. The GEnx's composite and combustion technologies are unique to the commercial aviation industry. 



GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft. GE Aviation also has a global service network to support these offerings.