Tue, Nov 15, 2011
Cites Greater Efficiency, Lower Emissions As Important
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Deutsche Lufthansa and CFM International announced the selection
of the CFM56-5B to power four new Airbus A320 aircraft in a firm
engine order valued at approximately $60 million (U.S.) at list
price at the Dubai Air Show Monday. The aircraft order was
announced in September of this year and the airline will take
delivery in 2012 and 2013.
Lufthansa, which is part of the Lufthansa Aviation Group,
currently operates a fleet of 80 CFM-powered Airbus A319/A320/A321
and 26 long-range, four-engine A340-300 aircraft. In addition,
Lufthansa operates 63 CFM56-powered Boeing 737 Classics thus
totaling some 390 CFM engines in their operational fleet. Including
the other Group members Germanwings, British Midland, Austrian, and
Swiss, the number of CFM56 engines operated in the Group totals
more than 650.
Since its foundation, Lufthansa has been a driving force behind
commercial aviation. In recent years, the airline has been one of
the industry's strongest proponents of "green" technology that
reduces the impact of aviation on the environment, particularly
noise and emissions.
All of Lufthansa's new engines will be the CFM56-5B Performance
Improvement Package (PIP) configuration. The -5B PIP completed
extensive ground testing and more than 26 hours of flight testing
on the A320. The engine, which is the new production configuration
for the CFM56-5B, entered service earlier this month.
The improvements, which provide a 0.5% improvement in fuel burn,
include hardware changes to the core, including new high-pressure
turbine blade, as well as manufacturing changes the fan and
compressor blades and vanes to improve performance retention. The
engine will maintain the same noise signature as the current
production engine. These engines also meet current International
Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Committee of Aviation
Environmental Protection standards (CAEP /6) requirements.
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