Tunisair Places $180 Million CFM56-5B Engine Order

DUBAI — Tunisair has placed a $180 million order for CFM56-5B engines to power 10 firm A320 family aircraft. The airline, which also took options on two additional aircraft, is scheduled to begin taking delivery in June 2010.

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Published: Wed 18 Nov 2009, 11:31 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:26 AM

“Tunisair is pleased to announce the selection of the CFM56-5B/3 engines to power its new Airbus A320 aircraft,” said Nabil Chettaoui, president & CEO of Tunisair Group. “With this firm acquisition of CFM engines, Tunisair intends to fulfill the operational and economic targets we have planned for the future.”

Tunisair was established in October 1948 as Tunisia’s flag carrier and has been a CFM International customer since 1990. Today, the airline operates a fleet of 27 CFM56-powered Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737 Classic and Next-Generation aircraft.

“We are obviously very pleased to continue our long relationship with Tunisair,” said Eric Bachelet, president and CEO of CFM International. “We are very proud of the engines we produce, but it is the continued confidence of airlines such as Tunisair that serves as the true barometer of how well we do our job and we are deeply honoured by the trust they have placed in us.”

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