Press Release

Issued by GE Aerospace.

March 4, 2019

GE Aviation announced today its TrueChoice Commercial Services programme is now offered for its CT7 helicopter engine family. This includes the CT7-2F1 powering the Bell 525, the CT7-2E1 powering the Leonardo AW189 and the CT7-8A powering the Sikorsky S-92.

TrueChoice Flight Hour for commercial CT7 helicopter engines is a comprehensive service offering for maintaining commercial helicopter operations in the oil and gas, search and rescue, VVIP and VIP markets. It is tailored to meet the business and financial objectives of operators and help optimise cost of ownership over the entire lifecycle with flexible risk transfer and payment options.

“Every day, GE Aviation delivers top-quality OEM maintenance and engineering services around the world,” said GE Aviation commercial turboshaft engines director Elissa Lee. “The TrueChoice Flight Hour programme will provide these top services for CT7 helicopter engines at a competitive and predictable price with flexible options for customers' unique and evolving needs.”

With TrueChoice Flight Hour, customers receive:

- Scheduled and unscheduled shop visits

- Spare engine availability

- Engine monitoring

- Flight line LRU coverage/availability

- Onsite and offsite training

- Service bulletin and airworthiness directive coverage

- Transportation coverage

- Foreign object damage (FOD) coverage

TrueChoice Flight Hour is underpinned by GE Aviation's growing data and analytic capabilities, as well as GE's experience to help reduce maintenance burden and service disruptions for customers.

“With engine design expertise, GE provides unparalleled operational insights,” Lee said. “This combination of collaboration, options, and insights enables GE to design services tailored to each customer's operational profile at any point in their ownership horizon.”

The CT7/T700 engine has more than 100 million flight hours of experience on civil and military turboshaft and turboprop aircraft. Coupled with GE's TrueChoice Flight Hour, the CT7 engine will maximize availability and long-term value for commercial helicopters.