The GEnx has done it again. On October 7, a Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner named Great Barrier Reef, powered by GEnx engines, set a new long-distance record, flying 9,333 miles, reaching Darwin, Australia, from Buenos Aires in 17 hours and 25 minutes.

The GEnx engines power Qantas' 787-9 record-breaking non-stop flight from New York to Sydney

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 Aviation brought more than 350 of its digital customers and partners together this week to discuss digital transformation in the aviation industry at its Waypoint event in Dallas, TX. Participants included clients from the airlines, military, maintenance, manufacturers, lessors and business and general aviation.

Learn about GE Aviation’s digital partnership with Qantas, and how GE is providing their customers with digital insights that help them optimize operations and reduce costs and passenger interruptions.

GE Aviation opened their digital collaboration center in Austin with launch customer Qantas Airways.

In early October, GE customers and partners convened at the annual Minds + Machines event for one of the defining moments of the Industrial Internet - General Electric CEO, Jeff Immelt, projected that revenue from GE’s software services would nearly triple, to $15 billion, by 2020.