Oman Air and CFM celebrate partnership
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Oman Air and engine manufacturer CFM International have celebrated 10 years of cooperation together by marking the achievement of 500,000 engine flight hours on the airline’s fleet of CFM56-7B engines.Oman Air became the first airline in the Gulf region to order CFM56-7B-powered Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft and has been a CFM customer since 2001. The airline was formed in 1993 as the designated carrier of the Sultanate of Oman and, today, operates a fleet of 15 CFM-powered aircraft.In October 2010, Oman Air and CFM signed a Rate per Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement for the airline’s fleet of CFM56-7B engines. The RPFH is a comprehensive maintenance program customised to Oman Air’s specific requirements. Under the terms of the agreement, CFM guarantees the maintenance cost on a dollar per engine flight hour basis for the airline’s entire fleet of installed and spare CFM56-7B engines powering its fleet of 15 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft throughout the term of the agreement.The CFM56-7B engines in Oman Air’s fleet have performed extremely well in service, with the fleet maintaining a 99.98 percent departure reliability rate with no operational issues.The CFM56-powered Boeing 737 family is the best-selling aircraft in commercial aviation history.
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