EXTRAORDINARY
TOGETHER

CFM INTERNATIONAL,
A GLOBAL LEADER
Since its creation in 1974, CFM international, the 50/50 joint-venture between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines, has redefined international cooperation and helped change the course of commercial aviation.

Today, CFM is the world's leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines with a product line that serves as the industry benchmark for efficiency, reliability, sustainability, and low overall cost of ownership.

EXTRAORDINARY TOGETHER


CFM was born out of a unique liaison.
The coming together of a group of people who had a strong desire to push the frontiers of innovation and design.

Customer satisfaction is an integral part of the company’s strategy and CFM delivers world-class services to keep its customers satisfied.

GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace, is a world-leading producer of commercial and military aircraft engines and components, as well as integrated digital, electric power and mechanical systems for aircraft.


SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Safran Aircraft Engines is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of civil and military aircraft engines.




MORE THAN 39,000 CFM ENGINES DELIVERED
TO MORE THAN 600 OPERATORS AROUND THE GLOBE
MORE THAN 1 BILLION ENGINE FLIGHT HOURS ACCUMULATED

1974


Creation of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE of the United States of America and Safran Aircraft Engines of France

1982


First CFM56-2 enters service on a Delta DC-8 Super 70

2008


Launch of the LEAP program

2016


LEAP entry into service on a A320neo operated by Pegasus Airlines

2021


Safran Aircraft Engines and GE extend their CFM partnership through 2050 and launch the CFM RISE Program to develop technology for a more sustainable future

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

10,000+

CFM56 & LEAP
engines backlog

50,000+

CFM engines ordered

ENGINE PORTFOLIO

CFM56-2, CFM56-3, CFM56-5A,
CFM56-5B, CFM56-5C, CFM56-7B,
LEAP-1A, LEAP-1B, LEAP-1C

LEAP: THE BENCHMARK IN SINGLE-AISLE ENGINES


The LEAP engine combines the proven reliability of the CFM56 family with state-of-the-art technologies, including 4th generation 3-D aerodynamic design, lighter, stronger materials, and much more.

CFM’s advanced LEAP engine continues to set new industry standards for fuel efficiency and asset utilization, logging more than 30 million engine flight hours in commercial operation.


The LEAP engine powers the Airbus A320neo, the Boeing 737 MAX and the COMAC C919 aircraft families.
CFM has forged the LEAP engine’s reliability, robustness and cost-effective maintainability by leveraging the experience gained with the CFM56 product line.

The LEAP engine started revenue service in August 2016.
As of March 2023, 5,000+ LEAP engines in service on six continents, flying in various environments.
10,000+ LEAP engines on order. (Backlog March 2023)


The new industry standard in environmental performances

UP TO
20%

REDUCTION
in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions versus previous generation engines


Aircraft compliance
WITH LATEST CHAPTER 14
NOISE REGULATION

UP TO
50%

MARGIN ON NOx EMISSIONS
versus CAEP/6 standard


Since its entry into service in 2016, the LEAP engine allowed our customers

to save more than 21 million tons of CO2.


Story : Air Corsica shares experience with LEAP engine


Delivering the first LEAP-1A production engines to Airbus

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

« The LEAP engines are very low on fuel burn. About 15-20% lower than most. »
Captain Filipa Gonçalves, SATA AZORES AIRLINES

SUSTAINABILITY:
A CLEAR AMBITION


Though air travel is still one of the most environmentally efficient modes of travel, there are still challenges for the industry to do even better. For nearly five decades, CFM International has invested in technologies to make our engines cleaner, quieter, and more efficient.

CFM has introduced new technologies into mature fleets, helping customers improve fuel efficiency, lower CO2 and NOx emissions, and reduce noise, thus limiting the impact these engines have on the environment, and while also reducing lifecycle costs.


Sustainability
is at the heart of our business


Although CFM products comply with the highest standards set by ICAO, we are committed to do even more.

RISE

The CFM International RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) Technology Demonstration Program was launched on June 14, 2021.

Goals include reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by more than 20 percent compared to today’s most efficient engines.


Open fan architecture:
a step change in propulsion efficiency

The pursuit of ever-increasing propulsive efficiency has driven the growth of engine fan diameter in commercial jet engines over the past five decades. This progression is ultimately leading to the open fan concept, which is currently the most efficient and sustainable option to improve engine propulsive efficiency.


400
Number of ground tests

1000+
Engineers to work on RISE program

+20%
reduction fuel consumption and CO2 emissions

read the press release
Alternative energy sources

100% compatibility with alternative energy sources such as :

  • Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)

  • Hydrogen That will reduce CO2 emissions

  • That will reduce CO2 emissions significantly





The RISE program will be the first to introduce hybrid-electric technologies for single-aisle propulsion systems.

CFM56, A LEGEND
IN AIRCRAFT POWER


40 years after entering commercial service, in 1982, the CFM56 family is the best-selling engine in commercial aviation history.

  • Offers dispatch reliability of nearly 100%.

  • The most reliable engine family in its thrust class.

  • The world’s most robust aircraft engine, featuring unrivaled time on wing (without removal for servicing).

  • Thrust range from 18,500 to 32,000 pounds.

  • 500 million flight hours logged by the CFM56-7B.

  • A CFM56-powered aircraft takes off somewhere in the world every 2 seconds (pre-Covid).

  • 33,500+ CFM56 engines delivered.

  • +1,2 billion flight hours.






CFM56-5B

The CFM56-5B, a high-performance, low-risk derivative engine of the CFM56 family, is the only engine that can power every model of the A320ceo family with one bill of materials. Its simple, rugged architecture gives it the highest reliability, durability and repairability in its class.

CFM56-7B

The CFM56-7B is the exclusive engine for the Boeing 737 Next-Generation jetliner and its military variants. The engine’s global success is due to its outstanding reliability and environmental-friendliness, low cost of ownership, and world-class customer support.

WHEN PASSION MEETS TALENT


From design engineers and customer support managers to expert craftsmen and test technicians, CFM brings together highly qualified people who combine skill and motivation. They share a set of values such as quality, innovation, and service to underpin technological excellence and shape tomorrow’s standards.

The CFM team faces incomparable challenges to reduce the impact on the environment while maintaining the highest level of performance operators have come to expect from CFM engines.

We’re proud to do what we do best, taking an active part in the industry’s decarbonization endeavor.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
TO SUPPORT OUR
PRODUCTION CHALLENGE


To meet the initial challenges of ramping up LEAP engine production, GE and Safran Aircraft Engines leaned into the robustness of their proven CFM56 capability and expanded it with optimized processes, innovative technologies, a streamlined supplier base, and expanded capacity.

The LEAP supply chain is based on a careful selection of suppliers, including criteria such as the ability to keep pace with the ramp-up in production, while meeting quality, cost and on-time delivery requirements.

Safran Aircraft Engines and GE have invested heavily to meet these goals, including new facilities worldwide. Both parent companies have modernized and expanded their industrial facilities to meet the challenge, establishing Digital Transformation through automated lines, closed-door machining and robotics.
$ 1+ BILLION
TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities
                                

1.5 MILLION+
SQUARE FEET

added by GE and Safran Aircraft Engines to make LEAP engines
                                

115+
FACILITIES

added by GE and Safran Aircraft Engines to make LEAP engines
                                 

Production
ramp-up

added by GE and Safran Aircraft Engines to make LEAP engines
                                 

FROM CUSTOMER SUPPORT…
… TO SERVICES


LEAP customer & product support, as well as an open services ecosystem building on the highly successful CFM model, maximizes customer choice, enabling competitive cost of ownership over the engine's lifecycle.

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Global support and services network to make you fly!

250


Field Service Engineers

24/7


phone support

36000


requests yearly answered from Cincinnati, Paris and Shanghai customer support centers

200+


technicians dedicated to on-site support

CFM provides its customers with a choice of services deploying the latest technologies and methods to ensure engine reliability and the lowest overall cost of ownership.
Custom-tailored services
CFM services contracts are designed to be flexible both in terms of length and content and can extend all the way to total risk coverage. For example, CFM can deploy the latest remote monitoring and diagnostic systems to help optimize engine maintenance, identifying potential issues before they become a high-cost event, improving departure reliability, reducing total cost of ownership, and protecting the residual value of the asset.
CFM’s worldwide network… as proven as the engine

CFM, CFM56, LEAP, RISE and the CFM logo are trademarks of CFM International,
a 50/50 joint company between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines.