A look at the commercial aftermarket for CFM International's Leap engine including engine utilization rates and shop visit projections over the next 10 years.
CEO says Airbus is simultaneously pursuing its hydrogen aircraft project and looking at a more conventional propulsion system for entry into service in 2035-40.
Safran Aircraft Engines is coordinating a European technology demonstration program that is intended to pave the way for flight testing of an open-fan engine.
GE Aerospace is confident that it will meet sharply rising demand from both airframe manufacturers and the aftermarket in 2023, top executive Larry Culp said.
Ambitious large scale airframe modification programs will convert two A380s into flying technology testbeds for a hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen combustion and an
Problems with a part wearing prematurely led CFM International to recommend special monitoring of a Leap-1B performance parameter, and European regulators will mandate the work.
The engine sales and Rate-Per-Flight-Hour (RPFH) services contracts were announced during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Saudi Arabia on Dec. 4.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has renewed a guarantee supporting aircraft-engine sales while Reta Jo Lewis has been nominated to lead the export credit agency.
GE Aviation and Safran want to widen the field of possibilities as they have to meet the needs of two competing airframers—something CFM has consistently managed to do with one family of engines and customized versions.
CFM International joint venture partners GE Aviation and Safran have launched an aggressive technology development program to pave the way for a new generation of fuel-efficient unducted—or open fan—engines to enter service around the mid-2030s.
As Boeing is quietly beginning to work on what is now being called the -5X project—a small widebody aircraft derived from the new mid-market airplane (NMA) studies—things are getting serious for the three engine OEMs, too.
The company, which specializes in engines, cabin interiors and other aircraft equipment, released remarkable financial results, given the gloomy economic situation for the air transport industry.
