Engine Maker Sees Longer Recovery for Boeing 737 Max Than for Airbus A320
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The world’s largest jet-engine maker sees a more arduous road to recovery for the turbofan powering Boeing Co.’s 737 Max than for a similar product on Airbus SE’s competing A320neo jet.
CFM International is already reaching average delivery rates targeted for 2019 on the A320neo engine as supply-chain performance improves, Chief Executive Officer Gael Meheust said in an interview Thursday in New Delhi. The Max’s variant “is a little more difficult” since production began later and CFM, a General Electric Co.-Safran SA joint venture, is the jet’s sole engine supplier, he said.