Aviation Week MRO

Wizz Air to Install Sustainable Seats Wizz Air has signed a deal with Recaro Aircraft Seating to install the SL3710 economy class seat on 146 Airbus
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Sajedah Rustom, CEO AJW Technique, discusses her outlook for the market and the trends she’s seeing at the component MRO in Montreal. What repair
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The MRO is finding new uses for technologies it was already testing pre-COVID, such as augmented reality wearables and drones.
Emerging Technologies

By Henry Canaday
The MRO market will be smaller during the virus recovery. Will it also start to get more competitive? Cash-short airlines have maximum incentives to
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Aereos is producing a range of high-touch parts in cabin interiors and lavatories with antimicrobial additives incorporated into the source materials.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The MRO is launching new workforce initiatives targeting underrepresented populations to prepare for the industry’s recovery.
Workforce & Training

By Sean Broderick
EASA plans to mandate Rolls-Royce-recommended on-wing inspections of certain Trent 900 interstage spacers to find cracked parts in the Airbus A380 engines before they trigger in-service incidents.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
A subsidiary of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has become the first MRO in the country to receive EASA Part 145 certification for base
MRO

By Alex Derber
Alongside cargo operators, one of the very few beneficiaries of the current crisis is likely to be aircraft storage and disassembly centers
MRO

VD Gulf Signs Supply Agreement With Satair Middle Eastern MRO VD Gulf has signed a long term supply agreement with Satair. The agreement will increase
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Jaunt Air Mobility plans to introduce an all-electric eVTOL aircraft for advanced air mobility in the next few years. Simon Briceno, who heads advanced air mobility for Jaunt, talks about the program’s development and intended maintenance plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
The collapse of passenger flights and their associated bellyhold capacity has provided a huge boost for air cargo operators. Prime examples are the
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Alice Springs, in central Australia, is where many Asia-Pacific aircraft are getting parked. When Tom Vincent opened Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage there in 2014 as the first purpose-built aircraft storage facility in Asia-Pacific, he didn’t predict anything like the pandemic occurring.

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Malaysia Airlines Berhad is forming a joint venture with Piedmont Propulsion Systems to provide aircraft propeller MRO services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Henry Canaday
International routes are expected to open up well after domestic flying, which means the widebodies common on many of these routes will be grounded
MRO

By Henry Canaday
Although domestic traffic in China and some other Asia-Pacific nations is recovering, the market is still slim elsewhere in the region. And that has
MRO

By James Pozzi
The post-COVID-19 aviation landscape is expected to take on a different form, with change expected to be the MRO segment tipped to accelerate towards
MRO

By Alex Derber
The aerospace division of Singapore Technologies Engineering suffered a 24% decline in pre-tax profit in the first half of the year, as the company
MRO

Volga-Dnepr Technics Gets EASA Approval for B777 Training Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow Aviation Training Centre has received EASA approval to provide
MRO

By Alex Derber
Lufthansa Technik has some rare cause for celebration in the current crisis after extending its 737NG base maintenance support agreement with Norwegian for another five years.
MRO

By James Pozzi
Australia-based Heston MRO has ventured into aircraft parking and storage services after signing an agreement with a privately funded airport in
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Lufthansa Technik is adapting its training programs to cope with COVID-19 effects and short-time work, welcoming 240 new apprentices this month.
Workforce & Training

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The airline says the facility is the largest MRO complex to be constructed in Brazil in the last 40 years.
MRO

By Alex Derber
The knock-on effect of the collapse in passenger demand has become clearer in MRO providers’ second-quarter results, although the full severity of the
MRO

SR Technics Promotes Caroline Vandedrinck Caroline Vandedrinck will become senior VP sales for SR Technics as of Sept. 1 and will lead a new sales
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