Engines
GE Aerospace Prepares Passports for Global 8000 Liftoff
The OEM has switched its production from Global 7500 engines to those for the Model 8000
GE Passport engine on stand
GE Aerospace has converted its Passport engine production line to accommodate Bombardier’s soon-to-be-certified Global 8000.

GE Aerospace reached a milestone with the shipment of its 500th Passport engine. That unit also represents the first for the Bombardier Global 8000 that GE has shipped since it received FAA and Transport Canada authorization on the powerplant. EASA approval is pending.

Set to succeed the Global 7500 as Bombardier’s flagship, the Global 8000 is expected to be certified by year-end and will offer speeds of up to Mach 0.95 and a range of up to 8,000 nm.