As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week's coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.
She won the World Leadership Forum’s Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in 2009 (propulsion category) and in 2002 (maintenance category), and has been a finalist in other years. In 2017, Lee Ann won the Aerospace Media Awards' Best Future Tech submission.
She holds a B.A. in English and political science from Luther College and an M.A. in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Caribbean carrier Western Air, based in The Bahamas, recently purchased three Embraer ERJ-145s from the manufacturer and has signed a multi-year component support agreement with the OEM, Embraer said Oct. 16.
As part of Delta TechOps’ investment in predictive maintenance technology, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines signed a multi-year contract with Airbus to use its Skywise open-data platform for its Airbus A320s and A330s—about 400 aircraft, the two companies said Oct. 15.
As Virgin Atlantic’s Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 arrived at Delta TechOps’ new 127,000-ft.2 engine center on Oct. 1, it not only became the first engine to enter the new shop for maintenance, but it also launched Delta’s operation as a Rolls-Royce Authorized Service Center.
