Maintenance costs that are higher than expected for both the GTF (pictured on an A321neo in the foreground) and the Leap-1 (powering the 737 MAX in the background) are eating into fuel-burn savings.
Credit: Matt Hartman
Airlines have become dependent on engines that keep going and going, but as durability issues continue to handicap the new-generation single-aisle powerplants, operators face an unfamiliar problem: They are saving fuel, but at the expense of extra parts and cash. Ten years after the CFM...
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