CFM56 Market Brief — 06 OCT 2026
SAA Opens Tender to Buy One CFM56-5C Engine
SAA has issued RFP SAAT008/2026 for the outright purchase of one CFM56-5C engine. The tender closes 20 October 2026 at 12:00 South African time. Public tender documentation identifies the target more specifically as a CFM56-5C4.
27 WestJet 737-700s Feed New CFM56-7B Supply
FTAI acquired 27 Boeing 737-700 aircraft from WestJet, one of FTAI's largest aircraft transactions. Seventeen aircraft were acquired through a sale-and-leaseback structure and remain with WestJet. More important to the aftermarket, ten off-lease 737-700s were purchased directly for FTAI's Aerospace Products business
Air Cairo -5B4/3 Acquisition Highlights Scarce Core Hardware
Setna iO has acquired a first-run CFM56-5B4/3 formerly operated by Air Cairo. The technical detail makes this transaction particularly useful: Fan & Booster: approximately 11,000 cycles remaining ,Bearing Support: approximately 11,000 cycles remaining,LPT: approximately 6,000 cycles remaining.
New EASA Proposal Targets -5B/-7B HPT Front Seals
EASA PAD 26-113, issued September 23, applies to a very broad range of CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B variants. EASA Safety Publications Tool ,The affected rotating-air HPT front-seal part numbers include: 1795M36P02,2116M20P02,2410M50P01,2410M50P02, for specified serial numbers identified by CFM. EASA afety Publications Tool,CFM determined that some HPT front seals may have been assembled with incorrect angular alignment relative to the HPT rotor disk. EASA says the unsafe condition could result in uncontained release of the rotating-air HPT front seal and potentially damage the engine or aircraft.
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