Air France-KLM selects General Electric’s GEnx-1B engine to power its Boeing 787 fleet

Air France-KLM has finalized an agreement with General Electric and has selected the GEnx-1B engine to power its fleet of Boeing 787-9. The first aircraft will be delivered to KLM in October 2015 and to Air France in January 2017. The joint selection of engine for Air France and KLM’s Boeing 787-9 enables the group to benefit from significant synergies. The agreement also includes the signature of a partnership between General Electric and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance on the maintenance of the GEnx engine. Alexandre de Juniac, Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM, said: “We’re very pleased