Fifty years ago, GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines (then Snecma) formed CFM International, a unique transatlantic partnership that would redefine commercial aviation – and become the industry’s most successful joint venture. Today, CFM is the world’s leading supplier of commercial engines, and its products set the industry standards for reliability, durability, efficiency, and asset utilization.
The company was founded on an ambitious vision: to develop a high-bypass turbofan that that would offer such big improvements in fuel efficiency, emissions and noise, that no one could ignore it. By investing in technologies before they were needed, the company has continually delivered on this promise.
“Fifty years ago, two extraordinary men, Gerhard Neumann and René Ravaud, shared both a bold vision and the courage of their convictions that they could change the way that people fly. Today, we are celebrating the thousands of men and women, past and present, who made …