Lufthansa places orders for CFM56-5B engines

Deutsche Lufthansa has selected CFM International’s CFM565B engine to power 30 firm Airbus A320ceo (current engine option) aircraft.

Lufthansa, which is part of the Lufthansa Aviation Group, currently operates a fleet 350 CFM56 engines powering Airbus A319/ A320, long- range, four- engine A340- 300, and Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. Overall, Lufthansa Aviation Group, which includes Germanwings, Austrian, and Swiss, operates more than 560 CFM56 engines.

“This is a fantastic vote of confidence for the entire CFM Team,” said Jean-Paul Ebanga, president and CEO of CFM. “Lufthansa is a long-time CFM customer and we are proud to continue this long relationship with them.”

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 environmental technology adoption to help 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 PIP became the new production configuration for the CFM56-5B in 2011. The improvements, which is providing 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 maintains the same noise signature as the current production engine and meets current International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO) Committee of Aviation Environmental Protection standards (CAEP/6) requirements.