CFM International’s (
www.cfmaeroengines.com) ubiquitous CFM56 engine fleet has surpassed 500 million flight cycles and logged nearly 900 million flight hours since the first aircraft — a DC-8-71 — entered commercial service in April 1982.
There are currently more than 24,000 CFM56 engines in commercial and military service with 560 operators world-wide.
Overall, CFM — a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines — has delivered more than 31,000 engines to date.
The CFM56-5B has logged more than 100 million flight cycles and 180 million flight hours powering the Airbus A320ceo family since 1996, while the CFM56-7B engine has completed more than 170 million cycles and 300 million hours since 1998.
CFM56 engines power the Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321, the A318 Elite and A319CJ, A320CJ, and A321CJ corporate jets and A340-200/-300 models, as well as the Boeing Classic 737-300/-400/-500, Next-Generation 737-600/-700/-800/-900/-900ER and BBJ — plus DC-8 Super 70 airplanes, and military applications such as the USAF’s KC-135R tanker aircraft.