Virgin Blue signs OnPoint solution agreement for CFM56 engines

Virgin Blue has entered a six-year OnPointSM solution agreement that covers the maintenance and overhaul of all CFM56-7B engines operated by Virgin Blue and its international carrier Pacific Blue. The agreement is valued at up to $300 million. With more than 31 percent of the Australian domestic market and a modern fleet of 68 Next Generation Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft and Embraer E-190 and E-170 aircraft, Virgin Blue Airlines currently operates more than 2,100 flights a week to 24 Australian cities and centres and eight international destinations incorporating ports in New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands.