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CFM Plans Leap, CFM56 Production Surge
Mar 8, 2012
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[TD="class: storyAuthor, align: left"]By Guy Norris[/TD]
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Following a spate of orders for CFM56- and Leap-powered Airbus and Boeing aircraft, CFM International now predicts combined production of current and next-generation engines will soar to 1,800 per year by 2018.
The latest increase will equate to a new engine rolling off the combined U.S. and French assembly lines every five hours at parent companies General Electric and Snecma. Even before the Leap began racking up sales through 2011, CFM was gearing up for year-on-year record engine production increases to keep pace with planned rate hikes by Airbus and Boeing, and expected to be supplying up to 1,600 CFM56-5/7s per year by 2014.
The rate increases on the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 will see engine deliveries grow from 1,260 this year to 1,400 in 2012, 1,500 in 2013 and upwards of 1,600 in 2014. Deliveries are on a steady ramp-up following record orders taken in 2011, including 1,500 CFM56s and commitments for more than 3,050 Leap engines. Since the start of 2012, the numbers have continued to climb, with a further 326 new CFM56 sales and 206 firm-order Leap engines logged so far this year. CFM says overall Leap orders and commitments currently stand at more than 3,400 engines.[/TD]
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Mar 8, 2012
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[TD="class: storyAuthor, align: left"]By Guy Norris[/TD]
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Following a spate of orders for CFM56- and Leap-powered Airbus and Boeing aircraft, CFM International now predicts combined production of current and next-generation engines will soar to 1,800 per year by 2018.
The latest increase will equate to a new engine rolling off the combined U.S. and French assembly lines every five hours at parent companies General Electric and Snecma. Even before the Leap began racking up sales through 2011, CFM was gearing up for year-on-year record engine production increases to keep pace with planned rate hikes by Airbus and Boeing, and expected to be supplying up to 1,600 CFM56-5/7s per year by 2014.
The rate increases on the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 will see engine deliveries grow from 1,260 this year to 1,400 in 2012, 1,500 in 2013 and upwards of 1,600 in 2014. Deliveries are on a steady ramp-up following record orders taken in 2011, including 1,500 CFM56s and commitments for more than 3,050 Leap engines. Since the start of 2012, the numbers have continued to climb, with a further 326 new CFM56 sales and 206 firm-order Leap engines logged so far this year. CFM says overall Leap orders and commitments currently stand at more than 3,400 engines.[/TD]
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