The Missing Machine That Is Delaying New Airbus A320neo & Boeing 737 MAX Deliveries Worldwide

Forget airline CEOs and airframe factories: the true chokepoint in whether the world gets enough new planes is a single-engine program, and one delayed machine in France helps explain why. At the center of this bottleneck sits CFM International, the engine manufacturer jointly owned by GE Aerospace and Safran. Its LEAP engine family has become the default powerplant for the world’s most popular narrowbody aircraft, including the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX.