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TRUEngine Program Surpasses 10,000 Enrollments
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: The program maintains the engine's residual value by establishing that an engine's content and maintenance history have been verified by GE or CFM.
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GE Aviation Services is marking the 10,000th engine enrollment in its TruEngine program. The milestone comes less than six months after the program broke through the 9,000-engine mark.

“The rapid growth in the TruEngine program underscores the value of a technically robust and transparent means of identifying engines that have been maintained in a GE or CFM configuration,” said Kevin McAllister, president and CEO of GE Aviation’s Services organization.

The TruEngine designation establishes an engine's content and maintenance history have been verified by GE or CFM, making it easier to evaluate engine configuration, asset value and re-marketability, said the company. According to GE, engines maintained in the OEM configuration can have as much as 50 percent higher residual value than those engines maintained with PMA content and/or designated engineering repairs.

Launched in 2008 for the CFM56 engine series, the program has since been expanded to include CF6, GEnx and CF34 engines. To qualify, the engine configuration, overhaul practices, spare parts and repairs used to service an engine must comply with the respective GE- or CFM-issued engine manuals and other maintenance recommendations. The qualification is obtained through the customer's declaration of compliance and GE or CFM's verification of customer submitted maintenance records. There is no cost to participate.