Big In Japan: Nation’s Largest Airline Places Order For GEnx Powered Dreamliners
All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) announced on Tuesday that it would buy 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, worth $5 billion at list prices.
Powering history: GE Aviation’s GEnx engines power the world's longest Dreamliner flight from Perth to London
GE Aviation is privileged to power the Qantas 787-9 fleet with the GEnx engine and especially the historic flight from Perth to London. On Saturday evening, March 24, around 236 passengers took part in a major milestone in the aviation industry when QF9, taxied down the runway at Perth airport to take off for the first non-stop passenger flight to London — covering more than 9,000 miles with an approximate duration of 17 hours and 20 minutes.
GE Reports: Are You Ready For The 18-Hour Flight?
The oil embargo of 1973 was a miserable period when American towns banned Christmas lights to save electricity, billboards urged citizens to “turn off the damn lights” and filling stations dispensed gasoline by appointment only