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Skybus Airlines, the low-fare carrier based in Columbus, Ohio, has taken delivery of a new Airbus A319* aircraft equipped with CFM56-5B Tech Insertion engines, making it the first North American operator to put the advanced configuration into revenue service.
Improved technologies incorporated in the CFM56-5B engine will help provide Skybus lower oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions in addition to better fuel consumption versus the base model, which will significantly lower CO2 emissions.
"We're excited to be the first airline to introduce the CFM56-5B Tech Insertion engine to the North American market," says Bill Diffenderffer, Skybus chief executive officer. "Skybus believes absolutely that the airline industry is essentially a technology-oriented industry, and it starts with the technology in those engines."
Innovations, Customer Value
The CFM56* Tech Insertion engine program was certified on the A320* family of aircraft last September. As a result of technology innovations, the engine will meet the new International Civil Aviation Organization Committee on Aviation  Environmental Protection emissions standards (CAEP/6) which took effect earlier this year.
Says Diffenderffer, "With Tech Insertion, CFM* is delivering what it promised: unmatched reliability, longer time on wing, lower fuel burn and lower emissions."
In 2007, more than 800 CFM56 Tech Insertion engines had been delivered to customers worldwide. The first airline to put a Tech Insertion engine into service was Lion Air, Indonesia's leading domestic carrier, which took delivery of the first CFM56-7B engine equipped with a Tech Insertion upgrade in May 2007. The first -5B operator with the Tech Insertion configuration was Air One, Italy's leading privately owned airline, which took delivery last October.
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