CFM International has won a $500m contract to maintain Alaska Airlines’ 128 CFM56-7B engines that power its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft fleet.
The Rate Per Flight Hour (RPFH) maintenance agreement will be valid for nine years and covers spare engines.
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As part of the contract, CFM will provide a complete engine maintenance and support, including supplying lease engines, transportation and material services to the Alaska Airlines fleet.
CFM International president and CEO GaëlMéheust said: “We appreciate the high level of confidence this agreement shows in CFM and in our ability to continue to support their fleet over the long-term.”
“Alaska Airlines was the launch customer for the CFM56-7B engine for the Boeing Next-Generation 737-900 aircraft.”
The carrier currently operates a mix fleet of 220 Boeing 737 aircraft, powered by CFM engines, and Airbus A320 planes.
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By GlobalDataLast month, CFM International and Cathay Pacific Group finalised an order for advanced LEAP-1A engine that will power the group’s 32 new Airbus A321neo aircraft.
Delivery under the $1bn order is expected to begin by 2020.
Cathay Pacific has also entered a long-term RPFH maintenance agreement with CFM International.
A part of CFM’s flexible aftermarket support offering portfolio, the RPFH agreement guarantees maintenance costs on a dollar per engine flight hour basis to Cathay Pacific.
