SP’s Aviation - April 2018

Civil Industry

4 ISSUE 4 • 2018 http://www.sps-aviation.com

Low cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet recently signed a $12.50 billion deal with the engine

manufacturer

By ArpitA KAlA

it looks like the much-talked about civil aviation boom

in India is finally about to happen. And, no-frills carrier SpiceJet

seems to have kicked it off with a $12.50 billion deal with CFM

to purchase LEAP-1B engines for their 155 units of Boeing 737

MAX airplanes as well as spare engines to support the fleet.

A Done DeAl

The LEAP engine family, a product of CFM International- a joint

venture between GE Aviation of the United States and France-

based Safran Aircraft Engines, are steadily becoming a popular

option with more than 14,300 orders received through January

SpiceJet- cFM Deal —

acMe oF inDian aviation

PhotograPh: CFM

January

ground test begins of a full-scale 3-D

woven rtM LEaP fan as part of the

MaSCot programme.

May

rig tests of the ultra-high-efficiency

LEaP low-pressure turbine yield

outstanding results.

June 14

the LEaP programme is

officially launched with an

order for 60 engines from

Virgin america.

June

eCore Demo 2 begins ground

testing ahead of schedule.

August 30

Boeing approves the launch

of the Boeing 737 MaX with

the LEaP-1B as the sole

powerplant.

June 18

the first LEaP-1B

engine begins

ground testing in

Villaroche, France,

three days ahead of

schedule.

October 6

the first LEaP engine

takes to the skies for

flight testing aboard

a modified 747-

flying testbed.

November

the first build of the

LEaP core, dubbed

eCore Demo 1,

completes testing.

December 21

CoMaC selects what

would become the

LEaP-1C as the sole

Western powerplant

for its new C

airplane.

July 13

CFM launches the LEaP-X

engine, promising a 16 per

cent improvement in fuel

efficiency by 2016 at the

Farnborough airshow.

June 17

at the Paris air Show,

CFM launches the

LEaP56 technology

development

programme.

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September 4

the first full LEaP-1a/-1C

engine begins ground

testing in Peebles, ohio, two

days ahead of schedule.

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SourCE: CFM

leap: development timeline