Air Canada orders 36 GEnx-1B engines for 787-10 fleet

Air Canada has ordered 36 GE Aerospace GEnx-1B engines plus four spares to power its recent order of 18 Boeing 787-10 aircraft. The order includes options for an additional 24 GEnx-1B engines as the order with Boeing includes options for another 12 Boeing 787-10 aircraft.

The 787-10, the largest model of the Dreamliner family, can carry more than 330 customers depending on the seat configuration, and has 175m³ (6,187ft³) of cargo volume.

Deliveries of the new aircraft are scheduled to begin in Q4 2025 with the last aircraft scheduled for delivery in Q1 2027. The jets will replace older, less efficient wide-body aircraft currently in the Air Canada fleet.

The Montreal-based carrier took delivery of its first Dreamliner in 2014 and currently operates eight 787-8 and 30 787-9 Dreamliners, all powered by GEnx engines.

“GE Aerospace is honored Air Canada continues to put its trust in our GEnx engine and we look forward to working together to introduce the engines into Air Canada’s fleet,” said Kathy MacKenzie, vice president, GE Commercial Programs for GE Aerospace. 

“Air Canada is a longstanding GE Aerospace customer, and we are delighted to support our fleet renewal with these highly efficient GEnx engines to provide commonality and synergies across our Dreamliner fleet,” said Joshua Vanderveen, vice president, Maintenance at Air Canada.

The GEnx engine family has more than 50 million flight hours since entry into service in 2011 and is the fastest-selling, high-thrust engine in GE history with nearly 3,000 engines in service and on backlog, including spares.

The GEnx-1B powers two out of every three 787 aircraft in service. The engine also provides a 1.4% fuel burn savings for the typical 787 mission compared to its competition, equating to $300,000 per airplane per year in fuel savings. The added fuel savings enables more than 2 million fewer pounds of CO₂ per aircraft annually. Like all GE Aerospace engines, the GEnx can operate on approved sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blends today.

GEnx uses lightweight durable materials and advanced design processes to reduce weight, improve performance, and lower maintenance.

GEnx’s revenue-sharing participants are IHI Corp. of Japan, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems of the UK, MTU of Germany, TechSpace Aero (Safran) of Belgium, Safran Aircraft Engines of France, and Samsung Techwin of Korea.