Engine-Makers Still Challenged Despite Easing Headwinds

CFM Leap engine

Durability upgrades will be flowed into the CFM Leap 1A this year and the 1B version in 2025.

Credit: GE Aerospace/CFM
In 2018, at the last “normal” Farnborough Airshow before the global pandemic, the commercial engine industry was focused on three main areas: gearing up production for the surge in new-generation single-aisle airliner deliveries, dealing with emerging widebody engine-durability issues and battling...
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