The 747-8i is now approaching its 13th year in commercial service. The German flag carrier Lufthansa introduced the type in ...

The GEnx engines would propel the 747-8 model to a cruising speed of Mach 0.86 (573 knots / 660 miles per hour) at a range of 7,730 nautical miles (8,900 statute miles / 14,320 km), effectively ...

"We are excited to see the GEnx-2B successfully complete ... position under the wing of General Electric's 747-100 test bed, the original model of the jumbo jet. The aircraft, registered N747GE ...

General Electric is investigating a second failure of its GEnx jet engine after a Boeing 747-8 freighter flown by AirBridgeCargo Airlines lost thrust during takeoff in Shanghai three days ago.

And on Monday, it happened: the 747-8 Freighter, the next generation ... The plane also features GEnx-2B67 engines, similar to the GEnx engines that will power the 787 Dreamliner.

Those engines power Boeing 747-8s and 787s. The proposed airworthiness ... “Since the GE90 and the GEnx model turbofan engines share the same EEC hardware and experience similar thermal and ...

The 787 can be powered by either GEnx engines or rival Trent 1000 engines made by Rolls-Royce Plc (LSE:RR.), while the 747-8 is powered exclusively by the GE engine model.

but the commercial model comes with four General Electric GEnx-2B engines. It's predecessor? Mach .84 with four General Electric CF6-80C2B1 engines. The 747-8 will also have the record of being ...

The aircraft is eight years old, Flightradar24 data showed. The 747-8 model is powered by four General Electric GEnx engines, according to Boeing’s website. GE was not immediately available for ...

Outwardly, the VC-25B is to resemble the 747-8I passenger model of the GEnx-2B-powered Boeing widebody, but many of the internal systems and structures should be unrecognizable. Under a $4.9 ...

A pair of modified Boeing 747 jets which serve as Air Force One presidential ... have become the go-to model. In 2017, USA Today reported that four-engine plans had decreased in popularity as ...