Engines
Now Mature, GE Passport Turbofan Ready for Next Phase
GE Passport is undergoing software changes to prep for Global 8000
GE Aerospace Passport engine
GE Aerospace's Passport engine is "catching its stride" with more than 350 in service today supporting about 160 aircraft flying and accruing 300,000 hours flown with about 100 operators.

Entering service in late 2018 on the Bombardier Global 7500, GE Aerospace’s 19,000-pound-thrust Passport engine is prepping for its next iteration on the ultra-long-range aircraft’s speedier successor, the Global 8000. That update will help enable a boost in speed and range for the Global 8000 to Mach 0.94 and 8,000 nm, up from the 7500’s Mach 0.925 and 7,700-nm range.

Jennifer Ratica, president of Passport and CFE for GE Aerospace, noted that the update does not involve “turbo-machinery” changes but rather software alterations. However, she said those changes “are going to unlock some potential that we had already designed into our engine.”