Aviation Week MRO

Spirit Aerosystems reached an agreement to buy the Canadian aircraft maker’s aerostructures business last week for more than $1 billion.

Condition monitoring provider GPMS is breaking into the eVTOL market, which it says requires special considerations for weight savings and autonomous operation.

The aircraft manufacturer saw a healthy rise in services revenues in the first nine months of 2019.

As its workload ramps up, Czech Airlines Technics is looking to add more capacity for widebody aircraft, its CEO Pavel Hales tells James Pozzi.

ANA and United will debut new liveries in anticipation of the latest film in the Star Wars franchise.

ASSB is adding facility space to handle an expected 900,000 part repairs annually.

The new aircraft conversion package will be offered from 2020 in China.

The company withdrew the proposal in an Oct. 30 letter sent to aftermarket providers.

The demand for engine maintenance services for commercial aircraft is expected to reach nearly $35 billion during the year 2020.

Iberia is working with startup Whispr through the Hangar 51 accelerator program to implement its voice guidance platform within maintenance and airport services.

The restrictions were issued by Transport Canada in an Oct. 25 emergency airworthiness directive.

As TAP Air Portugal transitions to an all-A321LR and Airbus A330neo long-haul fleet, it retires its last A340.

Rolls-Royce builds partnerships to ease and expand data sharing with airlines.

A roundup of aviation aftermarket news from the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2.

Rise Aerospace plans to grow its presence in Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia.

The company has urged global OEMs to set up more Indian facilities to tap into the country's MRO growth.

Growth in the MRO segment was driven mainly by the V2500 engine, followed by the CF34 family of regional jet engines.

A roundup of aviation aftermarket news from the week of Oct. 20-26.

GE Aviation has identified a pool of eight GE90-115B engines that need immediate attention based on early findings in the probe of Thai Airways uncontained high-pressure turbine failure.

Airline and MRO sources from around the world expect Airbus to retract royalty fee proposal before Oct. 31 deadline.

Airline and MRO sources from around the world expect Airbus to retract royalty fee proposal before Oct. 31 deadline.

GE Aviation is developing a suite of blockchain solutions in partnership with Microsoft Azure.

The sensor data reveals subtle changes in aircraft pitch as passengers move on and off the aircraft.

The Educavia program hopes to help fill the future MRO workforce pipeline through initiatives that connect students, schools and employers.

The line maintenance provider says the collapse of Thomas Cook was a factor in its closure planned for the end of 2019.