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Orders drop at CFM, but LEAP-X goes on

New engine orders slumped badly for CFM International during the first five months of this year.

June 14, 2009

New engine orders slumped badly for CFM International during the first five months of this year. The French-U.S. partnership sold just 303 engines through May 31–less than a quarter of the (admittedly exceptional) total of 1,342 sold in the same period in 2008.

However, CFM president and CEO Eric Bachelet told a press conference here in Paris on Saturday that the company has actually received cancellations for only four engines. He said that in current market conditions he would be happy if CFM ends 2009 with 600 orders.

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