GE Aviation, China Southern Airlines signs Systems TrueChoice services and support contract

GE Aviation, China Southern Airlines signs Systems TrueChoice services and support contract:

12 November 2019:GE Aviation has signed a 12-year TrueChoiceTM services agreement with China Southern Airlines for systems support across their Boeing 787 fleet. The agreement will cover GE Aviation's Avionics Systems content and capabilities.

Matt Dillhoff, General Manager of Systems Global Services Sales for GE Aviation and Li Zhigang, Senior Vice President, Maintenance & Engineering Division, China Southern Airlines Company Limited has signed the agreement at China International Import Expo. The signing ceremony took place in front of by Ma Xulun, President & CEO, China Southern Airlines Holding Company Limited and Weiming Xiang, president of GE Aviation Greater China.

"We are already seeing the benefit of our partnership with GE on this program," said Li Zhigang. Additionally, "GE Aviation's Systems products are very important, and we appreciate our long-term good service from GE, especially after contract signed just in September."

"Both China Southern and GE look forward to more and deeper cooperation," said Bai Bingsong, director Spare Supplies, Maintenance & Engineering Division, China Southern Airlines CO., Ltd.

The agreement includes GE Aviation content including the Common Core System and will support all of China Southern Airlines' fleet of 30 B787 aircraft, the last five of which will be delivered in 2020.

"This particular GE TrueChoice solution is a flexible program designed to reduce operator costs and maximize aircraft availability," said Matt Dillhoff. "For China Southern Airlines, we will provide services solutions that best fit their needs so they can focus on the business of operating and sustaining a rapidly growing global airline."