Airbus Set For CFM Upgrade Flights

The Airbus A320 flying testbed, MFS001, will begin testing a CFM International CFM56-5B this month that will bring fuel efficiency ratings for that narrowbody family to parity with the improvements Boeing is set to achieve from its version of the same engine now in test on a Continental Airlines 737...

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