June 23, 2011
CFM Logs $4.2 Billion in CFM56 Engine Orders during the 2011 Paris Air Show
--LE BOURGET -- CFM International has booked firm orders for 420 CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines during the 2011 Paris Air Show, the largest one-week total in the company's history:
CFM56-5B engines to power Airbus A320 aircraft:
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) 20 firm Airbus A320 family aircraft
Hainan Airlines 42 Airbus A320 family aircraft
Jazeera Airways four Airbus A320 aircraft
National Air Services (NAS) 20 firm Airbus A320 family aircraft
Shenzhen Airlines 10 A320 family aircraft
Tibet Airlines Co. Ltd., three Airbus A319 aircraft
Virgin America 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft
CFM56-7B engines to power Boeing 737 aircraft:
Air Lease Corporate announced its plan to purchase 14 737-800s
Malaysia Airlines exercised options to purchase 10 737-800 aircraft
MIAT Mongolian Airlines orders two 737-800s
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norwegian) ordered 15 737-800 aircraft
UTair Aviation, the largest 737 operator in Russia, ordered 33 Boeing 737-800s and seven 737-900ER aircraft
CFM56 engines are a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran group) and GE. CFM, the world's leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines, has delivered 22,200 engines to date.