With more than 1,400 GE CF34 engines powering Bombardier’s Challenger business jets, GE expects the engine fleet to exceed 8,600 by 2018 - based on the strong demand being forecast for GE-powered business and regional aircraft.

The total CF34 fleet for regional and business aircraft is expected to reach 11,000 engines by 2018. In 2008, GE will deliver nearly 500 CF34 engines, with the delivery rate growing by more than 20% annually. Based on today’s order book, CF34 deliveries will exceed 700 engines in 2010.

GE has already invested more than $2 billion in development programmes to establish its CF34 engine family, comprising six basic engine models and 13 variants to power an array of Bombardier, Embraer, and Chinese AVIC1 aircraft.

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