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Cebu Pacific Selects
CFM56-5B to Power
New Airbus Aircraft
Photo
courtesy of
CFM.
June 16, 2009 - Philippine airline
Cebu Pacific Air (CEB), which
offers international flights
throughout the Pacific, has
selected CFM International's
CFM56-5B engine to power ten
new Airbus A320 aircraft. The firm
engine order is valued at
approximately $155 million U.S.,
including spare engines.
CEB took delivery of its first CFMpowered
Airbus A320 in 2005.
Currently, the airline operates a
fleet of twenty-one A319/A320
aircraft; all are powered by
CFM56-5B engines. Under the
latest order, CEB is scheduled to
receive its first new aircraft in
October 2010, with deliveries
continuing through November
2013.
Over the engine's lifecycle,
CFM56 Tech Insertion will provide
the airline with better specific fuel
consumption, which translates to
better fuel burn and, as a result,
lower carbon dioxide emissions
than previous generation
engines.
www.cfm56.com
Aircraft Purchase Fleet Limited
Selects GE Engines to Power
New A330 Aircraft
July 9, 2009 - Aircraft Purchase Fleet Limited
(APFL), a new aircraft leasing company, has
selected the General Electric (GE) CF6-
80E1 engine to power its firm order for
twelve Airbus A330 aircraft orders; the
agreement also would apply to APFL's
optional purchase of eight additional
A330s. The firm engine order is
valued at more than $400 million, at
list price. Deliveries will begin in
2010.
APFL, which is controlled by
the Italian Toto Group (former
owner of the airline Air One until
December 2008), has been
assigned the purchase
GE Signs Agreement to
Expand Aviall Services'
Distribution for CF34-3
Engines
June 22, 2009 - General Electric
(GE) Aviation of Evendale, Ohio,
has signed an exclusive distributor
agreement with Dallas, Texasbased
Aviall Services, a member
of the Boeing Company, that
expands spare parts distribution
for GE CF34-3 aircraft engines.
The new agreement will include
unique life limited parts (LLPs).
This agreement is effective for the
remaining life of the engine, and it
Pratt & Whitney Canada and
Aviall Sign PW901 Spare Parts
Distribution Agreement
July 24, 2009 - Pratt & Whitney Canada,
based in Longueuil, Quebec, and Dallas,
Texas-based Aviall Services have signed an
agreement under which Aviall Services will
supply new Pratt & Whitney Canada original
equipment manufacturer (OEM) spare parts
to PW901 engine clients around the world.
Aviall Services will begin providing PW901
spare parts to Pratt & Whitney Canada
customers in the fourth quarter of 2009. A
subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Aviall
Services distributes aviation products to
aircraft operators, commercial airlines, and
general aviation and marine customers.
www.pwc.ca
builds on the distribution
agreement that GE Aviation and
Aviall Services signed last year for
certain spare parts for the CF34-3
engine. GE will retain
technical
responsibility for
the engines.
Under the
agreement, Aviall
Services is
responsible for
forecasting,
ordering, and
delivering all
genuine GE
replacement parts
that are unique to
CF34-3 engines. The company
also will provide documentation
management, worldwide
inventory deployment,
warehousing, and product
distribution.
www.geae.com
Photo courtesy of GE.
agreements, which were previously executed
between Airbus and Air One. These agreements
relate to more than 100 aircraft, which are scheduled
to be delivered by 2018.
GE remains committed to the CF6-80E1
and continues to invest in technical
improvements for this engine. These
advancements, along with proactive
maintenance and operational
procedures, have increased the
engine's restored time on wing from
1,500 cycles to 2,500 cycles in the
last 4 years, representing a 67
percent increase.
www.geae.com
Photo courtesy
of GE.
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