Japan Airlines received Boeing’s latest commercial airliner (the 787, or “Dreamliner”) in April and became the first passenger airline to receive a GEnx, GE Aviation’s newest commercial engine, for which Dayton facilities produce ducts and tubes, the company said.
Evendale-based GE Aviation has 1,400 employees at three local sites — two in Vandalia as well as Unison Industries in Beavercreek — and 9,000 employees in Ohio overall. The company also is building a $50 million Electrical Power Integrated Systems research and development center (EPISCenter) off River Park Drive on the University of Dayton campus.