Emirates last year placed a record $76 billion order for 150 Boeing 777X twin-engine aircraft, powered by GE's new GE9X engine - the only engine available for the 777x wide-body aircraft - valued ...

Late last month, Boeing and GE confirmed they had paused the 777-9 flight-test campaign due to what GE called a “technical issue that occurred during GE9X post-certification engineering testing”.

(Reuters) - General Electric Co <GE.N> said on Monday its GE9X engine for Boeing Co's <BA.N> 777X passenger jet has been certified by the U.S. aviation safety regulator, clearing a hurdle in the ...

The GE9X is, by no doubt, one of the most powerful aircraft engines to date. Its first ground test was in April 2016, and its first flight was in March 2018 on a Boeing 747-400.

The gargantuan engine nacelle of the GE9X is 184 inches (4,700 mm) wide. As FlightGlobal puts it, " at 11 feet in diameter, it’s big enough for LeBron James to dunk inside without brushing the ...

General Electric CO said on Monday it began ground testing the GE9X engine, the world's largest commercial jet engine that will power Boeing Co's new 777X jetliner. It will begin certification and ...

CINCINNATI—GE Aerospace expects to ship the first production standard GE9X to Boeing for installation on a customer-bound 777-9 later this month. The handover of the engine, which is currently ...

Lufthansa selected the GE9X-powered Boeing 777-9X aircraft, Evendale-based GE Aviation announced Thursday. The engines for the 34 aircraft announced by Lufthansa are valued at more than $2.5 ...

The GE9X engine is slated to power Boeing Co.’s new wide-body 777X aircraft, and is expected to provide a 10 per cent improvement in fuel consumption over the existing GE90-115B engine.