Aircraft
CFM Leap Ramp-Up On Target
Quick ETOPS approval sought as adoption of new engines gathers pace.
The CFM International  exhibit at the 2017 Paris Air Show includes this LEAP engine in a polished nacelle.
The CFM International exhibit at the 2017 Paris Air Show includes this LEAP engine in a polished nacelle.

CFM International, in a nod to its increasing focus on improving utilization, is confident that its Leap-1A and -1B variants will be approved for 180-minute ETOPS by month’s end—the earliest post-entry-into-service extended-range approvals in the CFM engine family.

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