Aviation Week MRO

By James Pozzi
AerFin has added the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to its portfolio for the first time and will place parts and materials from the aircraft into its
MRO

By James Pozzi
Mike Bianco, CEO of U.S.-based aftermarket inventory specialist AvAir, talks about some of the company's inventory acquisitions over the past year and
MRO

By James Pozzi
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MRO provider Aviatic to establish a maintenance facility in
MRO

By Alex Derber
The $30 billion merger of lessor leaders Aercap and GECAS will be the biggest in aviation history, creating a combined entity that owns or manages
MRO

By James Pozzi
AJW forms partnership with MENA Aerospace for component support
MRO

By Henry Canaday
A March 11 session of the 2021 Annual Conference of the U.S.’s Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) provided a full view of the challenges
MRO

By Alex Derber
Following a 43% drop in engine services revenue from 2019 to 2020, Rolls-Royce expects shop visit numbers to drop again this year. The engine OEM
MRO

LHT and MasAir Sign Component Support Agreement Lufthansa Technik and Mexican carrier MasAir Cargo Airline have signed a comprehensive Total Component
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
As advanced air mobility gets closer to becoming a reality, aviation is turning its focus toward building up the ecosystem needed to operate and maintain eVTOLs.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
The metal additive manufacturing machine also has data advantages.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
IFS is rolling out a trio of new and enhanced maintenance tools to simplify work for MROs as part of its IFS Cloud platform launch.
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi
China-based MRO provider FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering (FL ARI) has received Part 145 approval from the country’s regulator to conduct
MRO

By Henry Canaday
For the first time since the COVID pandemic hit populations, economies and aviation, global air cargo demand has actually returned to pre-COVID levels
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Safran Group is using AR and robotics tools from French startup Diota to improve efficiency and accuracy on the shop floor.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Through a new contract extension with Stratasys, Airbus will pursue 3D printing of components for MRO applications and new aircraft types.
Emerging Technologies

By Henry Canaday
The pandemic has encouraged both paperless and travel-less alternatives to traditional aftermarket practices, but cash has been short to invest in
MRO

By Alex Derber
CFM partner Safran expects its engine shop visits to rise roughly 15% in 2021, chief executive Olivier Andries said on a recent earnings call. Andries
MRO

By Alex Derber
Lufthansa Technik was hit by the coronavirus fallout across its global operations in 2020, with demand declines in its core market of Europe proving
MRO

Global Boosts Services Portfolio Global Aerospace Design Corporation has obtained FAA approval for Boeing 777-300 passenger to cargo conversions. It
MRO

By Sean Broderick
Airline maintenance needs fell along with demand for passenger flights, with the drop in internal revenue outpacing that generated by third-party work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
COVID-19 threatened to slow down India's aftermarket ambitions but domestic MROs are seeing a long-term route to recovery. Anand Baskar, CEO of Air Works, talks about where it is seeing repair opportunities and how the industry can benefit from Indian government support strategies.
MRO

By James Pozzi
Jet Maintenance Solutions (Jet MS), a provider of base and line maintenance services for business and regional aircraft, has announced the acquisition
MRO

By James Pozzi
Singapore-based SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has established a new engine MRO division initially providing quick turn shop visits and light
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
SIA Engineering Co. starts due diligence for part or all of the Malaysian facility’s capabilities.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
GMI Aero is participating in the European EVOLVED-5G project to test how connectivity could be used to digitalize composite repair processes.
Emerging Technologies