GE Aerospace Ramps Up GEnx Deliveries, Outpacing Boeing 787 Handover Rate

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GE Aerospace has made significant headway in resolving widebody engine bottlenecks—a recent source of friction with Boeing—as shipments of its GEnx-1B turbofans have outpaced the delivery rate of 787 Dreamliners to customer airlines.

Surging Deliveries and Inventory Buildup

During the quarter ended September 30, the world’s largest aero-engine manufacturer supplied more than 50 GEnx engines to Boeing, nearly doubling the volume delivered during the same period last year.

In contrast to this powerplant output, the airframer logged the following operational figures over that same timeframe:

Aircraft Deliveries: Boeing delivered a total of 22 787 Dreamliners, 19 of which are powered by GE powerplants, according to records on the manufacturer’s website.
Accumulated Inventory: GE executives noted during their quarterly earnings call on Tuesday that Boeing holds more than 30 engines in inventory, accounting for both on-wing and off-wing units.

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Following the earnings call, GE Chairman and CEO Larry Culp addressed the supply chain landscape in an interview with The Air Current:

“We saw sequential improvement month after month after month. That puts us in a very good position. But I think we wanted to make sure that was clear, because we know on our deliveries we’re outpacing Boeing’s aircraft deliveries to the airlines.”

Culp also pointed to non-propulsion constraints weighing on the U.S. airframer’s final assembly line, noting that other integration complexities persist—most notably bottlenecks tied to seat certification, an issue Boeing has previously addressed publicly with both the industry and its customers.

With the flow of GEnx-1B powerplants running ahead of finished-aircraft delivery rates to operators, engine availability is currently outpacing the Dreamliner program’s final assembly and integration cadence.