The CFM56-5B and -7B are the last production models for the CFM56 family. Powering the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 family of aircraft is an engine's ticket to being mass-produced.

Shepherd says CFM has "been in discussions" with Airbus regarding a CFM56-5B evolution engine for the A320 family. Though some of the -7BE's low-pressure turbine technologies are already included ...

The LEAP engine is the successor to the CFM56. It makes advancements through the LEAP56 technology acquisition program, launched in 2005. The official launch of LEAP-X was in July 2008.

The engine in question is CFM56, a General Electric and Safranis-built engine that is used in the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

The CFM56 powers many Airbus and Boeing aircraft including variants of the narrowbody 737, A340, and A320. ARCs are airworthiness certificates for aircraft parts that ensure they are produced to ...

New engines from CFM International, the GE-Safran manufacturing venture, wouldn't be affected by the issue, nor would the CFM56's successor, the CFM Leap, which is used on the latest A320neo and ...

That said, narrowbody engine value remain strong, even for old equipment. IBA said that a 1999-vintage CFM56 engine for an Airbus A320 has only lost 10% of its value “due to the combined ...

GE now expects output of its Leap jet engine to increase by 5% at most this year, marking the second time the company has cut its 2024 outlook for the engine. At its investor day presentation in ...

Powering the A320 family and 737 family respectively, these two engine types account for around 98% of the active CFM56 fleet, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet & MRO Forecast data.