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Air China Expands CFM56-5B-powered A320 Fleet with New Order for 20 Airplanes

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

July 19, 2010

thomas

FARNBOROUGH, England  — 19 July 2010 — Chinese flag carrier Air China today announced that it has selected the CFM56-5B engine to power 20 firm Airbus A320 aircraft.  The agreement is valued at approximately $600 million U.S. at list price, including a long-term maintenance agreement.

In addition to the new engine order, Air China also signed a Rate Per Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement with CFM to provide comprehensive maintenance service for the CFM56 engines in the airline’s fleet under which CFM will guarantee maintenance costs on a dollar per engine flight hour basis.

Air China, which is scheduled to begin taking delivery of the new aircraft in 2011, is the largest commercial airline in China and has been a long-time CFM customer. In addition to the 20 A320s announced today, the airline’s current fleet includes 55 Airbus A320 and 118 Boeing 737 family aircraft powered by CFM56-5B and CFM56-3/7B engines, respectively, as well as six long-range, four-engine Airbus A340-300 aircraft powered by the CFM56-5C.

“We are very pleased to continue our long relationship with CFM,” said He Li, Vice President of Air China. “We already have a big CFM56-powered fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and the operating economics and the outstanding reliability of this engine have been enabling us save our costs and assure our customers of the very highest level of service that we can provide.”

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