GE plans to bid for contract to supply MAS with engines for Airbus A380 aircraft

Airline Industry Information, Feb 18, 2003

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General Electric Co is reportedly planning to submit a bid to supply Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) with engines for new Airbus A380-800 aircraft.

MAS signed an agreement with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus last month to purchase six A380-800 aircraft, with deliveries scheduled from 2007.

The move by GE will challenge British company Rolls-Royce, which is designing the new engine Trent 900 as the launch engine for the A380 aircraft series.

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