The CF34-10 engine assembly returned to where it all began—Durham, North Carolina with the first -10A engine shipping out last month.

2020 is off to a fast start and GE Aviation has already checked off one of its biggest milestones of the year with the first flight of the GE9X-powered Boeing 777X on January 25th. Here are the other big moments the business is anticipating.

Back in September, more than 30 colleagues of GE Aviation from Shanghai, Suzhou, Beijing, Xi'an, and Taiwan gathered in Shanghai to celebrate GE Aviation’s 100th Anniversary and visit China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) as part of the 100 Flights program.

Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation’s fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn – then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He’s one of several operations managers at GE’s Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at Southern Union State Community College near Auburn to prepare GE’s growing foster of hourly workers.

Twenty-five years since its first regional airline flight, GE Aviation's CF34 engine continues to set the standard for performance, durability and reliability for regional jets around the world. Today, the CF34 engine family powers more than 12,000 daily passenger flights operating in 130 countries and 1,400 cities. That adds up to 4.4 million passenger flights and 140 million flight hours accumulated annually on Bombardier, Embraer and Comac aircraft.

LEAP-1C performs flawlessly on COMAC C919 during maiden flight.

Avio Aero’s facilities in Europe are ready for the unprecedented commitment in order to support CFM engines for next generation medium-range aircraft.

On Dec. 21, the CFM International team achieved one when its advanced LEAP-1C integrated propulsion system was simultaneously awarded Type Certificates by both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for entry into commercial service on the COMAC C919 aircraft.

The first commercial flight of China's Chengdu Airlines' CF34-10A-powered ARJ21-700 took place today, flying from Chengdu to Shanghai. The ARJ21-700 is the first indigenous Chinese regional jet developed and manufactured by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC).

LEAP Year may come around every four years, but advanced technology like the LEAP engine only comes around once in a generation!