News: General Electric Passport Engine For Global 8000 EASA-Certified

EASA Certifies The GE Passport Engine For Global 8000
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The new General Electric Passport powerplant that is powering the new Bombardier Global 8000 large-cabin ultra-long-range jet has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). You may remember the engine was certified by Transport Canada earlier this year. Of course, this is how Bombardier could deliver the first Global 8000 so early -as it went to long-time Canadian customer Patrick Dovigi.

The GE Passport engine isn't new as it also powers the Global 7500. However, with the Global 8000 essentially replacing the 7500, modifications needed to be made to the base engine to accommodate the performance requirements of the Global 8000. By October, 2025, GE had already shipped the 500th GE Passport engine which mainly accounted for use on the Global 7500 but also included inaugural Global 8000 units.

As mentioned both variants - 7500/8000 - are operated via the 19,000-lbs output Passport 20. That engine was was first certified back in 2018. However, for the Global 8000 it was tweaked in some aspects as the turbofan was modified to enable the Global 8000’s enhanced performance and range. All future Passport engines will now be configured to the upgraded standard. Bombardier has confirmed it will issue a service bulletin to allow existing Global 7500 customers to upgrade their engines and take advantage of the new features.

The existing General Electric Passport engine has performed well since entering service. In fact, it has a reported dispatch reliability of 99.9%. With the improved efficiencies and features developed for use with the Global 8000 it can be expected that the same kind of reliability from the powerplant will continue.

For more information:

Bombardier Aerospace
400 Côte-Vertu Road
West Dorval, Quebec H45 1Y9
Canada
www.bombardier.com

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