US govt's accident investigation agency issues an urgent warning for Boeing, Airbus planesThe NTSB issued an urgent safety alert regarding CFM International’s LEAP-1B engines, used in Boeing 737 Max and some Airbus A320neo aircra...
20 Jun, 2025, 11.39 AM IST
HAL and Safran strengthen partnership with long-term LEAP engine dealHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a long-term contract with Safran Aircraft Engines for the supply of turbine forged parts for...
12 Feb, 2025, 06.49 PM IST
SpiceJet signs pact with US-based StandardAero to restore grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft fleetSpiceJet has partnered with StandardAero to restore three grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft by April 2025. This move, along with a recent fu...
20 Dec, 2024, 02.06 PM IST
Air India finalises 800 LEAP engine order to power its new fleetAir India has confirmed its order for 800 CFM International Leap-series engines to power its fleet of 210 Airbus A320neo/A321neos and 190 B...
20 Jul, 2023, 10.11 PM IST
Air India places order for 800 LEAP engines for 400 narrow-body planes: GE Aerospace"Air India also announced a CFM order for more than 800 LEAP engines, the largest LEAP order ever, to power its entire narrow-body purchase...
15 Feb, 2023, 02.12 PM IST
GE Aerospace, Tata Advanced Systems extend $1-billion contract for aircraft engine componentsIn a joint release on Friday, GE Aerospace and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) said they have extended the manufacturing agreement under w...
04 Nov, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
Safran to set up its largest aircraft engine MRO in IndiaThe French engine-maker will invest up to $200 million in the MRO facility, Olivier Andriès told reporters on the sidelines of an event. Co...
07 Jul, 2022, 01.04 PM IST
IndiGo selects CFM engine for 310 aircraftIndiGo is now opting for CFM engines after P&W’s Gear Turbofan (GTF) engine reported troubles impacting the airline’s operational efficienc...
21 May, 2021, 08.21 PM IST
Vistara to order 26 CFM engines worth $2.4 billionAlong with the engine order, the airline has also signed a long-term rate per flight hour agreement for maintenance of the 120 Leap-1A engi...
17 Oct, 2019, 07.26 PM IST
IndiGo places $20 billion order for LEAP 1-A engines; shares climb 2%To support its new LEAP-1A fleet, IndiGo also signed a long-term Service Agreement.
18 Jun, 2019, 10.39 AM IST
IndiGo drops Pratt for CFM's jet engines in $20 billion orderAmid troubles with Pratt & Whitney’s gear turbofan engines, IndiGo will become the third airline in India to use CFM engines for its neo fl...
18 Jun, 2019, 07.32 AM IST
French giant Safran to set up ₹323 crore aircraft unit in HyderabadThe new manufacturing facility, its first in India for LEAP turbofan engines, will involve an investment of around €40 million (approximate...
20 Feb, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
France's Safran expects more mega deals in Indian commercial aerospace marketThe French major has just inked one of the biggest deals in the Indian aviation sector worth $12.5 billion (over Rs 81,000 crore) with the ...
11 Mar, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
SpiceJet inks $12.5 billion deal with Safran for aircraft enginesThe deal was inked at the Indo- French Economic Partnership signing ceremony here on the occasion of French President Emmanuel Macron visit...
10 Mar, 2018, 07.23 PM IST
Tata, GE join hands to manufacture jet engine componentsUnder the partnership, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and GE Aviation will together handle manufacturing, assembling, integration and testing of...
22 Dec, 2017, 04.14 PM IST
Air India defers delivery of A320 neo plane on CFM engine issuesAirbus 320 neo -- the new engine option -- are more fuel efficient and Indian carriers have placed orders for more than 500 such planes.
10 Sep, 2017, 04.55 PM IST
Engine woes impact A320 neo delivery schedule of IndiGo, GoAirIndiGo was the first Indian carrier to induct the latest single-aisle, fuel-efficient Airbus 320 neo aircraft in March 2016 after a delay o...
27 Jul, 2017, 06.45 PM IST