Fri, May 28, 2010
First Engine Entered Service In 1995
GE Aviation's CF34 engine recently surpassed 5,000 total
deliveries. "This is a remarkable achievement for the CF34 engine
family," said Chuck Nugent, general manager of the CF34 program at
GE Aviation, in a news release Wednesday. "We owe a tremendous debt
of gratitude to all of our customers for the success that the CF34
has achieved over the last two decades. As we look to the future,
we are confident that the CF34 is -- and will continue to be -- the
right choice for our customers' fleets, offering unmatched
reliability, performance and value."
Every 8 seconds, a GE CF34-powered aircraft takes off somewhere
in the world, accordin to GE. On a daily basis, CF34 engines travel
the equivalent of 210 times around the planet and carry 500,000
passengers to their destinations. With a dispatch reliability rate
of 99.95 percent and more than 50 million flight-hours, the CF34
engine epitomizes the reliability and durability necessary for
high-cycle operation.
The CF34 engine has benefited from GE's extensive research and
development investments. Since the first CF34-3B1 engine entered
service in 1995, GE has enhanced the engine's design and improved
fuel consumption. The latest engine model, the CF34-10E, has 9
percent lower fuel consumption than the original -3B1 model.
For the next-generation CF34 engine, GE plans to further reduce
fuel consumption by 15 percent compared with the CF34-10E engine.
The technology program will maintain CF34's tradition of
world-class reliability for high cycle use and will incorporate
GE's eCore technologies, including 3-D aero design airfoils,
advanced materials, and the next-generation TAPS combustor for
reduced emissions. Core testing began in 2009. The engine could
enter service as early as 2015.
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