Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways to sign $2 bln deal with GE for engines on Boeing jets

Crew members stand close to an Airbus A321 plane of Bamboo Airways earlier than a flight at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Kham
HANOI, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways will signal a deal valued at almost $2 billion with Normal Electrical to buy GEnx engines to energy Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane, the airline mentioned on Tuesday.
The deal shall be signed in the USA afterward Tuesday within the presence of Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Bamboo mentioned in a press release.
The GEnx engines, as a result of be delivered in 2022, shall be used on the airline’s wide-body Dreamliner fleet to function deliberate continuous routes between Vietnam and the USA, the corporate mentioned.
“This new signing settlement shall be an necessary milestone for the airline to broaden its transcontinental flight community, connecting Vietnam with medium- and long-range markets,” the assertion mentioned.
The airline mentioned it would open a consultant workplace in the USA and signal agreements with San Francisco Worldwide Airport and Los Angeles Worldwide Airport this week, paving the best way for its first check of a continuous flight between the international locations on Thursday.
Bamboo mentioned it goals to finalise procedures for continuous business flights to the United Sates early subsequent yr, pending authorities approvals.
Bamboo mentioned it is usually in search of to broaden its worldwide flight community and open extra routes to Australia, the UK and Germany, utilizing its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane.
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