Shanghai Site.

The article reports on the joint venture agreement signed by Pratt & Whitney and China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai to create a CFM56 engine overhaul facility. The making of CFM56-3, -5B and -7s will be performed at the facility which will boast a 10-meter test cell with the ability of up to 75,000 pound of thrust and state-of-the-art information technology system. A 15-year maintenance service agreement was received by Pratt to maintain China Eastern Airlines's fleet of CFM56s.