BOEING COMPLETES FIRST 787 GENX ENGINE RUNS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- The first General Electric GEnx engines on
a Boeing 787 Dreamliner came to life Monday with initial engine starts.

In a statement released Thursday, Boeing said customers can choose between
the GEnx engines and the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to power their 787s.

"This is another exciting step in our progress on the 787 test programme,"
said Scott Fancher, Vice President and General Manager of the 787 Programme,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

"Our partners at GE have worked diligently to ensure their engines are ready
for the testing that is going to occur both before first flight of ZA005 and
throughout the flight test programme," he said.

Following engine testing, ZA005, the fifth 787 to be built, will undergo a
series of ground tests similar to those conducted on the first 787s to ensure
that it is ready for first flight later this quarter.

The 787 Dreamliner is an all-new twinjet designed to meet the needs of
airlines around the world in providing nonstop service between mid-size
cities with new levels of efficiency.

Delivery of the first 787 is planned for the fourth quarter of 2010.

Fifty-seven customers around the world have ordered 866 of the 787s since
the programme was launched in April 2004, making the Dreamliner the
fastest-selling new commercial jetliner in history.

-- BERNAMA