FTAI Aviation and United Airlines expand MRE programme to CFM56-7B engines
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Background ✨
FTAI Aviation previously signed multi year exchange-style "perpetual power" agreements covering 36 Finnair CFM56-5B engines and LATAM's CFM56 and V2500 fleets, combining engine exchanges with sale-and-lease transactions in LATAM's case1 2. It also expanded CFM56 MRO capacity via acquisitions, including Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions in Montréal and a 50% stake in IAG Engine Centre Europe (rebranded Quick Turn Engine Centre Europe)3 4.