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| | CFM-Powered A318 Has Successful Entry Into Service | CFM56 |
 | | SINGAPORE — February 24, 2004 — The CFM56-5B-powered Airbus A318 has had a very successful entry into service, with airplanes delivered to both Frontier Airlines and with Air France in 2003. |
 | | Air France has ordered 15 firm, 10 option aircraft and is scheduled to take delivery of five A318s this year, with the remaining firm deliveries scheduled before the end of 2006. |
 | | Since Airbus launched the program, Air France has been the first airline to place the A319, A320, and A321 each into revenue service, and, with the A318, became the first airlne in the world to operate all models of the A320 family. |
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