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its Christchurch engine center and is adding engine overhaul and aircraft data to be captured throughout
capability to the Shanghai engine center this year. As compared the full flight cycle, minimizing disruption and
to the older V2500, a GTF engine incorporates 40 percent predicting future maintenance.
more sensors and can generate approximately 4 million data
points per engine per flight, enabling significant improvements Just over two years after the first CFM LEAP
in addressing unplanned maintenance. This has allowed Pratt powered aircraft entered commercial service
& Whitney to offer services which generate more near real-time (August 2016), more than 890 LEAP engines
data for operators using data analytics from its EngineWise have been installed on more than 75 aircraft
solutions suite and eFAST data ecosystem which allows engine worldwide. LEAP introduced new engine
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