Etihad Airways selects GE Aviation as engine partner for Boeing fleet order

Etihad Airways has announced the purchase of 127 GE Aviation engines to power its 56 new Boeing aircraft. The order includes installed and spare engines, and future service support. The announcement was made by James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive, and David Joyce, GE Aviation’s President and Chief Executive Officer, at the Dubai Air Show, in tandem with the airline’s Boeing order. The deal is for 57 GE9X engines which will power Etihad Airways’ 25 new Boeing 777X aircraft, 68 GEnx-1B engines for the airline’s 30 new Boeing 787-10 aircraft, and two GE90-115B engines which will be used