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CFM Boosts Leap Engine Support with Abu Dhabi Shop
The engine maker has fixes for Leap engine durability issues as Middle East fleet increases
CFM Leap 1 A engine
CFM expects to deliver rising numbers of its Leap family of turbofans to airlines across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. (Image: CFM International

The Middle East continues to generate growth for CFM International’s Leap engines, accounting for almost 400 of the company’s backlog of 10,000-plus units. The pending deliveries in the region have prompted the opening of Sanad’s new maintenance, repair, and overhaul center for the turbofans, which the company inaugurated in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

The facility became the first Leap support center specifically tasked with supporting operators across a vast territory spanning the Middle East and North Africa, as well as South Asia. It will fulfill services covered by the 11-year shop visit offload agreement signed during the Paris Air Show in June with CFM parent companies GE Aviation and Safran. Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth investment group Mubadala owns Sanad.