Safran sees its civil engine aftermarket business growing slower in 2025 but still staying above historical norms amid elevated demand across both current and legacy platforms.
The French conglomerate is projecting a mid-teens jump in its engine services revenues, while spare parts sales will grow at a more modest mid-to high-single digit figure, figures released during its Dec. 5 investor day show.
The 2025 projections are down from this year’s comparable figures of a near 40% services jump and a mid-to high-single digit boost in spares. But the outlook underscores the aftermarket’s still-critical role in helping operators fill gaps created by delivery delays and durability issues.
Safran, citing the increased importance that services will play as CFM56 and Leap family overhauls increase, now reports its civil aftermarket in two categories—spares and services. This year, it expects civil aftermarket sales to be 60% spare parts and 40% services. Safran and GE Aerospace are 50/50 partners in CFM.
Safran’s latest shop-visit projections have CFM56 overhauls peaking in 2025 at about 2,300 and falling back below 2,000 in 2028. The CFM56-5/-7 in-service fleet numbers about 23,000—40% of which have not undergone their first overhaul, Safran said.
Leap-family work will account for nearly 2,000 visits in 2025 and 3,000 in 2028, including both heavy-workscope checks on the highest-time engines and hospital visits. Peak Leap volume is projected to be 5,000 in 2040—half of them handled by third-party shops. Safran and GE Aerospace split shop visits on engines covered by long-term service agreements. CFM has delivered about 8,800 Leaps.
Safran says it is ramping up to handle a maximum of 1,200 Leap shop visits per year, with new facilities opening in Hyderabad, India, and Queretaro, Mexico, in 2025 and Casablanca, Morocco, in 2026.
Among its long-term targets is a 90-day turnaround time for heavy Leap visits.
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