CFM - Extraordinary Together

CFM INTERNATIONAL,
A GLOBAL LEADER

Since its creation in 1974, CFM international, the 50/50 joint-venture between GE Aviation 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 AVIATION

GE Aviation, a division of General Electric Company, 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 and propulsion systems for satellites.

MORE THAN 36,000 CFM ENGINES DELIVERED
TO MORE THAN 600 OPERATORS AROUND THE GLOBE
MORE THAN 1 BILLION ENGINE FLIGHT HOURS ACCUMULATED

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

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

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 4^th 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 20 million engine flight hours in commercial operation.

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

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

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 June 2022, 4,000+ LEAP engines in service on six continents, flying in various environments.
9,700 LEAP engines on order. (Backlog December 2021)

The new industry standard in environmental performances

15%

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 14 millions tons of CO₂.

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.

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.

300
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.

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.

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.

Powers aircraft for more than 600 operators worldwide.

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

33,800+ CFM56 engines delivered.

1+ billion engine flight hours.

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.

1000+

collaborators work
on the CFM product lines

25%

of employees
work in R&D

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

2023: +2000 engines objective

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.