Bamboo Airways has signed an agreement to purchase GEnx engines for its Boeing 787-9 aircraft order of 10 firm and 20 options valued at close to $2 billion (USD) list price with GE Aviation (an operating unit of General Electric Company) of the US.
The signing ceremony took place on September 21 in New York, USA, under the witness of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. During his visit to the US on September 21-24, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc also attended the High-Level Meeting of the 76th United Nations General Assembly.
The ceremony was an important part of Bamboo Airways’ business trip to the US, which also included a series of activities such as signing a cooperation agreement with San Francisco International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport, opening a representative office in the US, working with Boeing aircraft manufacturer, signing with CFM International, launching the airline’s General Agent in the US, and especially conducting the first test flight connecting Vietnam – US on September 23.
The GE agreement is the largest deal in this signing series of Bamboo Airways. According to the cooperation agreement, GEnx engines delivered in 2022 will be used for the wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet of Bamboo Airways. This is the main fleet to operate on nonstop routes between Vietnam and the US. As of now, Boeing 787-9 is one of the few modern wide-body aircraft that optimally fulfill the requirements of long-distance international routes such as the 13-hour nonstop flights between Vietnam and the US.
Huong Tran Kieu Dung, Deputy President of Board of Management of Bamboo Airways and Dave Kircher, GEnx General Manager at GE Aviation, signed an agreement to select GENx engine and maintenance package for Boeing 787-9 aircraft worth nearly $2 billion in the witness of Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
“GE is a large and prestigious corporation in engine manufacturing in the world. The selection of the GEnx engines for our Boeing 787-9 aircraft will help increase the operational efficiency and service quality of Bamboo Airways on Vietnam-US nonstop flights as well as many potential international routes,” said Dang Tat Thang, CEO of Bamboo Airways. Besides consolidating and expanding the airline’s modern fleet, the signing of this agreement with GE will lay a solid foundation to promote the development of this important route in the future.
“GE is honored to be a strategic partner to Bamboo Airways,” says Dave Kircher, GEnx General Manager at GE Aviation. “The GEnx engines have proven performance with almost of decade of flying, and Bamboo Airways will fulfill its vision for long international routes thanks to the flying power and fuel efficiencies that the GEnx engine provides.”