Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Determined LEAP as C919 Powering Engine

In June , the 1st opening day of the Paris Air Show 2011, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. and its subsidiary, the COMAC Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., held a special ceremony with CFM International, signing the C919/LEAP Integrated Process Systems (IPS) main contract. LEAP is the product of CFM, a 50/50 joint venture company of SNECMA (Safran Group) and GE.

The final agreement designated CFM International as the only supplier from outside of China for the Integrated Process Systems (engines, nacelles, thrust reversers), and the LEAP-X1C engine will be the only engine from the western world for the new 150-seat medium-short range aircraft, which will be put into operation in 2016 as planned.