France’s La Compagnie is operating a business-class-only daily flight between Newark Liberty Airport and Orly, powered by ultra-efficient CFM LEAP engines, which provide double-digit gains in fuel efficiency and allow the plane fly further on a single tank on fuel while also lowering carbon emissions, oxides of nitrogen emissions and noise.

GE Aviation and its joint venture company CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, announced a record setting $55 billion in jet engines, services, avionics and digital offerings at the Paris Air Show this week.

The latest deals and announcements from the Paris Air Show 2019.

In our next installment of Quick Six, we spoke with Tiffany Liang, Materials Leader for the LEAP-1A and -1B Core Assembly at GE Aviation’s Lafayette, Indiana, engine assembly facility.

With the amount of work growing at Unison Industries in Dayton for LEAP engines, new internship and apprenticeship programs were started to train more welders.

Engineer Chris Lorence helped bring the CFM LEAP engine into service. After a round the world trip on GE and CFM powered aircraft, he talks about the biggest transformation he has witnessed at GE Aviation.

Next gen engines require next gen training, including enhanced classroom, ‘hands-on’ and now 2-D/3-D interactive digital training modules.

GE Aviation has approximately 2,000 U.S. job openings as it reaches record engine production rates. New educational partners, training programs help develop skilled talent.

As the LEAP engine's reputation continues to grow, so have the number of sales, with orders and commitments currently exceeding 16,500 engines.

Our top 8 of 2018. The GE Aviation stories that made 2018 a big year for aviation.