Inside MRO

SAAT’s operations head talks to Inside MRO about his companies status and plans for the future, illuminating potential problems in staffing facing all MROs.

Recent incidents in Ireland and Ausralia involving pitot tube anomalies prompt attention from regulators.

The Internet of Things is at the tipping point for aviation to deliver unprecedented transformation—quickly.

More than 500 Bombardier CRJs must have engine pylon fasteners checked in the U.S. alone.

As the Aeronautical Repair Station Association points out, the FAA misunderstands the relationship among the design, production, maintenance and operating rules in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

After years of effort, Single European Sky makes progress, though there is still a long way to go.

Rising fuel costs are a concern, but other threats to the 50-seater’s existence have emerged.

Indulgent as it is to cover South African Airways (SAA) thrice in one week, the airline’s hapless antics are just too funny not to warrant further mention.

Lufthansa Technik and Malaysia Airlines To Form MRO Joint Venture

MRO providers are expecting big things from the Internet of Things, reaping the benefits of big data analytics.

CFM’s Leap and Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000 are different engines, with different tooling support needs.

With billions of connected devices across the world strengthening the business case for IoT, related startup companies are increasingly working with commercial aviation entities to drive home its benefits.

Nearly 1,000 disks in U.S. alone must be checked

Investigators in Britain are finding multiple problems impairing flight data monitoring equipment on some aircraft.

Gogo is poised to be one of the big Internet of Things players in connected aviation.

Safety report from IATA uses new tool to calculate fatality risk for commercial flights, which remains very low.

It’s no secret that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology applications are slowly becoming more commonplace across aircraft hangars worldwide, mirroring the increasing prevalence of wearable consumer tech such as Google Glass and Oculus Rift headsets.

Economic instability in Latin America is causing the region’s airlines to seek greater efficiency in their purchasing and supply chain management.

The growing number of sensors on engines and components generate unprecedented amounts of data that MRO teams must manage; new technologies can help put this data to work in real-time.

Following the news of a recent boardroom reshuffle at troubled airline South African Airways, Cape Town-based journalist Daniella Hortwitz looks at how this might effect its future operation.

While South African Airways (SAA) has spent most of the last decade in decline, its low-cost offshoot – Mango Airlines – has traveled in the opposite direction.

For the first time, P&W’s UTC sibling United Technologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS) was heavily involved in the proceedings. UTAS, Windsor Locks’ biggest employer, used the entire first day of the event to showcase its vast product range and, more importantly, its massive resources and capabilities for technological innovation and developmen

Russia rolled out its challenge to Airbus and Boeing yesterday (June 8), with the first MC-21-300 appearing before the public at Irkut’s factory.

Made using addictive manufacturing (AM), the mini plane is the world’s first 3D printed aircraft and the OEM showcased its latest innovation at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2016.

To improve efficiency, MRO providers need to move away from legacy IT systems and embrace the cloud.