Boeing’s plan to build a new facility for its GoldCare aftermarket offering at London Gatwick Airport in 2017 has undoubtedly given the UK’s aviation sector a boost with the potential creation of up to 100 new jobs.
It was revealed that Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Group had acquired $1.7 billion of shares in American Airlines, Delta and United, and that an investment in Southwest Airlines was also likely.
Avianca’s parent Synergy Group has made two moves this week which show that it is positioning itself as the only airline group with the ambition to be omnipresent throughout Latin America.
Boeing will build a new aircraft maintenance hangar at London Gatwick Airport, servicing European airline customers of its GoldCare aftermarket services provision.
The futuristic credentials of predictive maintenance are often described by the ability of aircraft health monitoring systems to update ground teams of faults before a flight has even touched down.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Etihad Airways Engineering and Airbus was signed this week to develop a new maintenance service provision for the A380 in Abu Dhabi from 2017.
The International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) surveyed the industry and found that airlines spend $1.65m, on average, on extra costs related to each narrowbody redelivery to lessors.
The Internet of Things has increased as a going concern in commercial aviation MRO, being used to track everything from aircraft health monitoring to components.
Marketing for the Boeing 787 has focused heavily on its oversized windows, which replace the mechanical blinds found on other commercial aircraft with an electrochromic dimming function.
Over the next decade, Eastern European MRO demand is expected to reach over $37 billion. Engine maintenance will have the majority share at 35%, followed by components at 27%.
Last week’s Airshow China in Zhuhai saw a number of multi-million dollar MRO announcements made by the region’s providers and airlines, with the deals demonstrating China’s rapid growth as an aftermarket hub.
At the kickoff reception for ARSA’s 2016 Strategic Leadership Conference, the U.S. Ambassador to ICAO highlighted an important truth by noting the world’s ignorance of his existence.
It’s been an exciting year for commercial aero-engines, with new-generation turbofans entering service and subtle, but important shifts in the aftermarket taking hold.
An inevitable consequence of the new broadband satcom capabilities that satellite-communications network providers and avionics companies are teaming to provide both to the passenger cabins and to the flight decks of aircraft is that pilots’ electronic flight bags (EFBs) are beginning to offer real-time updates of operational information.
