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In fact, we actually ran the first full LEAP engine in 2013, two days ahead of the target date we had set back in 2008. “Over the course of five years, we were developing three engines simultaneously and the team did a phenomenal job keeping it all on schedule. “The LEAP development program has been absolutely unprecedented,” Meheust continued. In fact, all three engine models were certified within one year. All the while, CFM maintained a rigorous development schedule, ticking off milestones on schedule, if not ahead of schedule. In November 2011, Boeing made the LEAP engine the sole powerplant for its new 737 MAX program. A year later, Airbus chose the LEAP engine as an option for its A320 new engine option aircraft. The first engine application didn’t come until about 18 months later, when COMAC chose the LEAP engine to be the sole Western powerplant for its new 150-passenger C919 in December 2009.
But the parent companies were so confident in the joint venture and its future that they also renewed the partnership agreement to the year 2040.” “That day, they committed to a multi-billion-dollar engine development program that, at the time, did not have an airplane application. “That was a great day for CFM and a bold move for GE and Safran Aircraft Engines,” said Gaël Méheust, president and CEO of CFM International. Ten years later, this engine is delivering everything that was promised that day and more. Surpassed 1.5 million engine flight hoursįARNBOROUGH - 14 July 2018 - On July 13, 2008, CFM International’s parent companies, GE Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines, made history by launching the advanced LEAP-X engine program.It’s a truck, so you never know when it might show up in your hood. Don’t worry that it’s actually located in Albuquerque, NM. Suggests no company should rely solely on GMB, especially for leads.Īmong the points to his story: "If you are looking for a great restaurant in Fawn Creek Township, KS, Google recommends It worked, in terms of getting the company off the suspended list - but it was still located in Kansas.Īs of today, the company’s safely back in Pleasanton, California, but Shotland Saldana’s request basically said the same thing although a bit more forcefully, but he also added: "This is our corporate listing and it must be reinstated ASAP!" I deleted the category so please un-suspend us.

Shotland’s request went something like this: “Hey GMB, I added a new service category and got suspended. When Shotland didn’t get quick results, he turned to Steven Saldana, LSG’s GMB problem-solver, to ‘SEO Agency’ must be on the double-secretĭo-not-use list because as soon as I added it, our listing got suspended.” “While in there, for some reason, I decided to add “SEO agency” as a Business Category. Then he forgot about it, until February.įebruary, while in a 20-person Zoom meeting on how much we should freak out about Core Web Vitals, I logged into LSG’s GMB dashboard to see if maybe we had been moved to Colorado (hopefully nearĪspen),” Shotland wrote in a post. He said Local SEO Guide doesn’t really rely on the company’s GMB page for leads, but sent a note to GMB support for help. According to GMB, he moved and opened a hotel, all in the midst of COVID-19. Not only did GMB somehowĬhange the location of this business, but said the company apparently opened a hotel, as Shotland wrote in a post. MediaPost about search, I’ve learned that Blumenthal and Local SEO Guide Founder Andrew Shotland are two funny and smart SEO guys. Thank you, Mike Blumenthal, Near Media co-founder and authority on local search, for calling this to our attention in a tweet. Well, not so funnyīecause Local SEO Guide, an SEO agency, was never located in Kansas, but Google My Business believes the Pleasanton, California, company has been located in Fawn Creek Township, KS, since November A funny thing happened on the way to Kansas.
