Singapore Airlines orders 22 General Electric’s GE9X to power its 777Xs

Singapore Airlines has signed a contract for US$2.8 billion with General Electric for the latter to provide a further 22 engines for its Boeing 777X aircraft. The companies had already previously agreed on a deal for 40 examples of General Electric’s GE9X turbofan.

This design is a development of the company’s GE90, which sees use on the Boeing 777. Correspondingly, the new GE9X is set to be used on the 777X. The deal is valued at around $2.8 million, the package also includes a 12-year General Electric services contract known as TrueChoice.

Singapore Airlines is one of the Boeing 777X series’ largest customers. Overall, it has 31 examples of the next-generation widebody on order, all of which are examples of the larger 777-9 variant. It purchased the first 20 of these back in June 2017, alongside 19 787-10 Dreamliners.

The Asian airline had already ordered 40 General Electric turbofans. It added the remaining 11 777-9s to its order in February 2021, bringing the total to 31. The 22 extra GE9X engines that it has just purchased will go on to power these, helping Singapore Airlines to increase its sustainability.