You can't get the best efficiency with a twin unless you can fly the best routes, and you can't fly the best routes unless you can prove that the remaining engine will get you home from "feet wet" if one of them has a problem. General Electric has jumped another hoop in the effort to prove that and certify the 787.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/genx-1b-earns-330min-faa-etops-certification-365510/
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