Ten years after it launched the Leap engine program at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2008, CFM International expects deliveries of Leap powerplants to catch up with the company’s original delivery schedule in the fourth quarter of 2018. Production continues to ramp up to what, by 2020, will be the highest rate ever achieved for any commercial turbofan engine.
Acknowledging to AIN that as of mid-June Leap deliveries remained “four to five weeks behind schedule,” Gaël Méheust, CFM International’s president and CEO, added that “with the current flow of deliveries, the plan is to catch up in the fourth quarter…the catch-up point will be in 2018.” He noted that, with Leap, “CFM is in the process of performing an unprecedented ramp-up.” The joint-venture company will have produced more Leap engines after five years of production than it had in 25 years for the CFM56—its first engine family, according to Méheust.
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