Engines
CFM Rate Hikes Limited by Timing, Not Numbers
Talks with Airbus and Boeing over production increases continue
According to officials, the sky is the only limit on production rates for CFM’s Leap engine. The company churned out a record 1,560 turbofans last year, topping the record number of 1,502 set the year before.
According to officials, the sky is the only limit on production rates for CFM’s Leap engine. The company churned out a record 1,560 turbofans last year, topping the record number of 1,502 set the year before.

Now preparing to build more than 1,800 engines a year by 2020, CFM will place no “theoretical limits” on the number of Leap engines it could ultimately build to meet the demands of Airbus and Boeing, CFM executive vice president Francois Bastin told a gathering of reporters at his company’s air show chalet on Saturday. Boeing and Airbus have each talked of the possibility of increasing rates on their respective narrowbodies to as many as 60 airplanes a month by the turn of the decade, but a successful transition will largely depend on the ability of its suppliers to keep pace.


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