Aviation Week MRO

Listen in as Mick Adams, CEO of STS Aviation Services, reflects on his career after being awarded Aviation Week’s Lifetime Achievement Award in MRO.

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has cut its first Boeing 767-300BCF cargo door, while Chinese-owned lessor CDB Aviation has separately taken delivery of its first freighter.

Spirit AeroSystems signs a long-term agreement with GAMECO to become its authorized service center in China.

While AAR is probably more known for aftermarket MRO and used parts, its OEM parts supply business is a growing part of its portfolio.

The company is seeing buoyant U.S. domestic market driving increased parts and materials demand.

The MRO is also targeting test capability by next year.

Aviation Technical Services (ATS) has completed consolidating three component-focused subsidiaries in its Fort Worth, Texas, facility. It unveiled

Business aviation could benefit from the use of more predictive maintenance. Airlines have seen using it for years.

The first converted crossover jets should be available in 2024.

Past AMC competitors Yolanda Gong and Katrina Oyer explain how the competition shaped their careers and share advice for young people entering the MRO industry.

Etihad Engineering Component Agreement Etihad Engineering has signed a component agreement with Touchdown Aviation, under which TDA will provide

The MRO is reportedly looking to become the latest facility for the Boeing Converted Freighter program for the 737-800.

Kevin Wall, APOC’s senior vice president of business development for the Americas, talks about the company’s growth plans for the region and how it is tackling workforce and supply chain challenges.

The MRO is sharing actual part-transaction prices with ILS so it can improve estimates of fair market values for aircraft parts.

LATAM Airlines Brasil is now using augmented reality glasses to support maintenance at 20 bases in Brazil.

Spirit Airlines will open a maintenance hangar at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) that will eventually be staffed with more than 50 workers, the company said April 20.

The reality of today's supply and demand for MRO workforce.

LHT has signed an addendum to its long-term aftermarket sales agreement with AvAir that will offload an additional 9,000 parts.

The MRO software provider is rolling out several new digital products for paperless maintenance management.

An influx of North American airlines and MROs have adopted 8tree’s dentCHECK tool for aircraft damage mapping.

Confusion over the validity of E100 “New Article Inspection” forms are causing headaches for U.S.-based repair stations.

The U.S. domestic airline market carried 926 million passengers, of which roughly 165 million—almost 20%—took flights shorter than 450 mi. (the “regional market”) in 2019.

ITS has partnered with Landing Gear Technologies to provide landing gear solutions for Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft.

Viasat Gets Chinese Approval for IFC Installations on A320s The Civil Aviation Administration of China has awarded Viasat a validation of supplemental

Inactivity during the fleet’s year-plus grounding is leading to corrosion on Pratt & Whitey PW4000-series air/oil heat exchangers, prompting the FAA to mandate inspections before affected Boeing 777s return to service.