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Brit Air Orders CF34-8-Powered Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen Aircraft

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June 16, 2009

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Brit Air Orders CF34-8-Powered Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen Aircraft
LE BOURGET – June 16, 2009 – Brit Air has firmed up engine orders for
six Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen jetliners, powered by GE Aviation’s
CF34-8 engines. The order was initially announced in October 2008. The
total aircraft and engine order is valued at approximately $300 million
list price.

Brit Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France, is one of three
launch customers for the CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft program. The airline’s
fleet currently includes 15 Bombardier CRJ100 and 15 Bombardier CRJ700
regional jets, all powered by CF34 engines.

“We are very pleased that Brit Air is depending upon our highly reliable
CF34 engines to power its new aircraft fleet,” said David Joyce,
President and CEO of GE Aviation. “This order demonstrates Brit Air’s
continuing commitment to GE’s technologically advanced products.”

The CRJ1000 will be offered with the CF34-8C5, -8C5A1, and -8C5A2 engine
models. The -8C5A2, the latest version, is scheduled to enter revenue
service in 2010. For the CRJ1000, the engines feature a new first-stage,
high-pressure turbine nozzle and other enhancements for durability and
is targeted to deliver up to 12 percent lower engine maintenance costs.
The -8C5A2 will be rated at the same 14,510 pounds of thrust as the
original -8C5, but with greater thrust capability at takeoff.

The CF34-8 family has more than 1,350 engines in service powering the
Bombardier CRJ700 with the CF34-8C1 and -8C5B1 engines (13,800 pounds of
thrust), the CRJ900 with the CF34-8C5 engine (14,500 pounds of thrust),
and the EMBRAER 170/175 with the CF34-8E5 (14,500 pounds of thrust). The
CF34-8C1 has incorporated technology from the -8C5 version to create a
common engine for the CRJ700 and CRJ900. To date, 95 percent of the
CRJ700 fleet is under contract for this upgrade.

Bombardier and GE worked together to help usher in the era of regional
jet airliners in the early 1990s with the CRJ100 and CRJ200 50-seater
aircraft, powered by the CF34-3. During this decade, the larger CRJ700
and CRJ900 aircraft entered service powered by the CF34-8C5 engine
family. Today, more than 6,000 CF34 engines power Embraer E-Jets*,
Bombardier CRJ** Series regional jets and Challenger** business jets.

GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE),
is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and
components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical
systems for aircraft. GE Aviation also has a global service network to
support these offerings.

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