FTAI Aviation Stock Falls Despite 5-Year Asia-Pacific Maintenance Deal
FTAI GMF Partnership locks in five years of Asia-Pacific engine capacity and opens the door to CFM LEAP maintenance.
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FTAI GMF Partnership locks in five years of Asia-Pacific engine capacity and opens the door to CFM LEAP maintenance.
The collaboration will initially cover CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines and GTCP131-9 series APUs, with guaranteed capacity for FTAI over the next five years. The strategic collaboration was formalized during MRO
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