StandardAero has opened a brand-new service centre for the CFM International CFM56-7B turbofan engine at its DFW Centre of Excellence at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
This centre will significantly expand the engine support options available at DFW to operators of Boeing 737 Next-Generation family aircraft.
The CFM56-7B has now been added to the operations specifications for its FAA Part 145 Repair Station at the facility. StandardAero has also installed the first of four dedicated gantries to support the service centre and will facilitate the provision of service offerings which will come over the next few months.
StandardAero will also be introducing CFM56-7B test capabilities at the DFW facility’s six-cell engine test centre in early summer 2023, with CFM56-5B to follow thereafter. This will enable the MRO company to provide operators with performance and pass-off testing services.
The company currently provides a range of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the CFM56-7B at its facility in Winnipeg, Canada, and the DFW technicians are now cross-training with their Winnipeg counterparts.
“StandardAero is pleased to further extend the broad range of CFM56-7B services that we provide to Boeing 737NG operators around the globe,” said Lewis Prebble, President of Airlines and Fleets for StandardAero.
The introduction of this new DFW-based service centre would, he said, allow the operators to undertake quick turn engine events close to one of the world’s busiest airports.
