Aviation Week MRO

To coincide with the release of Aviation Week’s 2026 Fleet & MRO Forecast, this week's Flight Friday is rather a Forecast Friday with a focus on Europe.

ITP Aero has advanced its commercial aftermarket ambitions.

The aviation supplier base needs support and additional participants to ease constraints plaguing both new-aircraft manufacturers and aftermarket providers.

Swiss International Air Lines expects issues with the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G (GTF) engines that power its Airbus A220-100 and -300 fleet to continue through the decade.

How Condor Technik is adapting its operations to support the integration of Airbus A330neo operations.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) will begin offering Chromalloy-made IAE V2500 parts for customers undergoing overhauls on the venerable narrowbody engines.

Dassault Falcon Jet, a division of Dassault Aviation, has opened a new maintenance facility at the Melbourne Orlando International Airport in Florida.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation has a strategy to strengthen the country’s aviation ecosystem and match the capabilities of its Southeast Asian peers..

The MRO sector has suffered from years of under-investment in technology, but generative AI can help bridge the gap, says a panel at MRO Europe 2025.

Pratt & Whitney is not far from improving its materials supply chain, which it sees as the main roadblock holding up engine shop visits, an official says.

Aviation Week forecast insights about fleet shifts and geopolitical factors that could impact Europe’s MRO market.

Delta TechOps is expanding its third-party MRO work for Jet2 under a new long-term component support contract.

The commercial aftermarket’s inability to keep up with demand is leaving some operators dissatisfied.

Safran has strengthened its industrial presence in Morocco with the launch of a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) shop for Leap engines.

Willis Lease Finance Corp. has added to its existing MRO footprint in the UK with the opening of two new narrowbody maintenance hangars at Teesside Airport.

Satair says its new Cargo Robust variant of the Airbus semi-finished floor panel is already receiving positive feedback from dozens of airlines.

Rolls-Royce is moving ahead with durability enhancements for the Trent 1000 following the opening of a new facility in Derby, England, where it plans to undertake the modifications.

CFM International continues to boost both production and repairs to support the red-hot CFM56 market.

Supply chain challenges leading to a slow pace of aircraft production could cost the airline industry more than $11 billion in 2025, a new IATA study says.

The MRO provider’s recent software acquisitions are part of its larger strategy to create a more connected digital network.

Boeing shipped its first-ever shipment of a repaired part with a digital authorized release certificate.

With Aviation Week's MRO Europe coming up—Oct 14-16 in London—Aviation Week editors discuss some the exhibition, conference and GoLive! Theater highlights.

Aero NextGen has acquired Digital Flight as part of its focus on curating tools to help MROs pick the right technology platforms.

MRO provider GMF AeroAsia is set to benefit from a new capital injection into flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, its controlling shareholder.

The Airbus Global Services Forecast 2025-44 predicts notable growth in digital and connectivity services, as well as in the Asia-Pacific region.