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19th Jul 2005, 03:34

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cx007

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It's all about money i guess. If this relatively cheap engine can do the job, why bother to spend more on 3-spools Trent?
By the way, is CFM56 the only 2-spools engine in CX's fleet? And i suppose it's producing the least thrust too?