Leap engine production ramp-up on course to meet aircraft commitments: Safran

CFM partner’s chief confident of reaching targets for delivery to airframers.
CFM International partner Safran assures that it will meet engine requirements for Airbus and Boeing for the full year, and is confident in its ability ramp-up deliveries of the Leap powerplant.

Safran has confirmed 535 Leap deliveries in the third quarter, taking the total for the first nine months of the year to 1,565.

Chief executive Olivier Andries, speaking during a briefing on 23 October, said he was “very confident” of reaching 2,100 deliveries this year.

“We will deliver on our commitments to the airframers,” he says.

Andries says the company is aiming to reach 2,600 by 2028. “We are on that path,” he states, adding that deliveries should be “close to 3,000” by 2030.

“We have a strong confidence in our ability to ramp up our Leap deliveries,” he says, underlining Safran’s investments in production including a new assembly line in Morocco.

Andries says the intention is to meet the airframers’ planned ramp-up targets, 75 aircraft per month for Airbus’s A320neo family and 63 for Boeing’s 737 Max.

“We are also investing in our parts manufacturing everywhere, including forgings and casting,” he adds.

Safran says the new ‘maverick’ high-pressure turbine blade for the 737’s Leap-1B engine will be introduced in early 2027 – rather than 2026 as previously indicated – which will shift one-time profit recognition relating to rate-per-flight-hour contracts to next year.

The blade was previously introduced on the Leap-1A, for Airbus aircraft, in late 2024.

CFM56 production continues to slow, with 12 engines handed over in the third quarter – taking the total this year to 34.

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