Aviation Week MRO

Serial airline entrepreneur and Breeze Airways founder David Neeleman is adding two Learjet 45 midsize business jets to Breeze's fleet for an important purpose.

SR Technics has added further engine repair capacity in Switzerland after commencing operations at its new engine repair shop in Bad Zurzach.

What were the big themes at MRO Latin in Chile? Aviation Week editors discuss digital transformation, investments, M&A and more in the Latin America region, where MROs and airlines are expanding capacity and capabilities.

Russian MRO provider S7 Technics completed repairs on 100 engines in 2025, its parent S7 Airlines said on Jan. 21.

More than 150 Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF)-powered aircraft will return to service in 2026, according to lessor Avolon.

Magnetic MRO has opened a new hangar with three heavy maintenance bays at its Tallinn airport facility in Estonia.

Suppliers to GE Aerospace boosted their material input to the engine OEM by more than 40% in 2025, including a double-digit improvement in the fourth quarter.

French metallic parts supplier Mecadaq is to take over cabin and seat component specialist Echeverria and helicopter engine maintenance expert Lopez.

Avianor is growing its new digital marketplace with the goal of offering customers alternate part options for cabin modification projects.

Regional stakeholders share perspectives on tariff impacts and suggest strategies to mitigate higher part costs.

CFM International and IATA have renewed their agreement on aftermarket services competitiveness for the next seven years.

Saudia Technic has sent a cohort of students to undergo FAA A&P training at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology.

India’s Adani Group is bringing together the capabilities of Air Works and Indamer Aviation to create a larger, integrated MRO platform.

To underline the increasing importance of its MRO business, from this year Delta will report TechOps' financials separately rather than in the “other” column.

Listen in as James Pozzi and Alex Derber discuss the lay of the land in the engine aftermarket.

TransDigm Group will buy proprietary aftermarket part providers Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation from private equity owner Vance Street Capital.

The functionality is currently outsourced but that could change in 2027.

Lease extensions “far outnumber” lease transitions, according to Mike Inglese, the chief executive of Aircastle.

Boeing and startup Salient Motion plan to attempt to certify modular actuators for commercial airliners.

TAP Air Portugal has announced plans to build a new base maintenance facility in Porto by 2028.

Launch Technical Workforce Solutions has acquired JMC Aviation to boost recruiting capabilities and global footprint.

RGIS’s optical character recognition technology gains momentum in aviation as airlines face rising audit and traceability demands.

Regional aircraft lessor, TrueNoord, has sold two Embraer E190 aircraft to existing lessee customer, Airlink.

Listen in as James Pozzi, Lindsay Bjerregaard and Lori Ranson discuss growth opportunities and in-region challenges in Latin America's commercial MRO industry.

Private equity-led deals made up almost a fifth of M&A activity in the MRO sector in the first half of 2025, research done for Inside MRO by Accenture says.