LE BOURGET, France -- Envoy Air Inc. expanded its TrueChoiceTM service agreement with GE Aviation to cover its entire fleet of CF34-8E engines that power the 84 Embraer E175 aircraft that are currently operating and on order. The TrueChoice agreement covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the engines. The total contract is valued at more than $1 billion over the life of the agreement.
“With over 1,000 daily flights to more than 150 destinations , Envoy is committed to providing our customers with the safest and most reliable air travel,” said Dee Temples, Senior Vice President Air Operations. “The GE TrueChoice service agreement will ensure our engines are maintained to OEM standards for the outstanding performance, durability and reliability that we need to serve our customers.”
“GE Aviation is honored to service all the CF34 engines in Envoy’s fleet with our TrueChoice service agreement,” said Jean Lydon-Rodgers, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Aviation’s Services organization. “Our CF34 services network has extensive overhaul and repair experience with this engine family, and we will ensure that the engines maintain their same high-level of reliability.”
The TrueChoice suite of engine maintenance offerings incorporates an array of GE capabilities and customization across an engine's lifecycle. Each TrueChoice offering is underpinned by GE Aviation's data and analytic capabilities and experience to help reduce maintenance burden and service disruptions for customers.
About Envoy Air
Envoy Air Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) with more than 17,500 employees who provide regional flight service to American Airlines under the American Eagle brand throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas and Caribbean and ground handling services for many American flights. Envoy is headquartered in Irving, Texas with large operations in American’s hubs, including Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago, Miami, New York, and Los Angeles.
About GE Aviation
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components, integrated digital, avionics, electrical power and mechanical systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings and is part of the world’s Digital Industrial Company with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive.
TMTrueChoice is a trademark of General Electric Company.