Southwest Concerned Over Potential CFM Leap Parts Crunch
Southwest’s highest-time CFM Leap-1B engines are approaching a key parts replacement threshold.
Credit: JoePriesAviation.net
Southwest Airlines is concerned that an already tight narrowbody engine market will constrict even more amid a new CFM International Leap-1B family durability headache, although the manufacturer is confident in its plan to minimize operational disruptions. CFM has told operators that the life limits...
Southwest Concerned Over Potential CFM Leap Parts Crunch is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.
Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive critical analysis into emerging trends, technological advancements, operational best practices and continuous updates to policy, requirements and budgets.
Already a subscriber to AW&ST or AWIN? Log in with your existing email and password.
Related Content
