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ORLANDO, Florida—ITP Aero is further expanding its Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) aftermarket position after announcing new component repair capabilities related to two variants of the new-generation engine family.
At Aviation Week’s MRO Americas, the company announced the signing of a five-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney to provide component repair services for the engine’s stator assembly-turbine intermediate case (TIC) vane pack for the PW1500G and PW1900G engines, which power Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jet aircraft, respectively.
ITP Aero will provide TIC vane pack repair services across the entire Pratt & Whitney GTF network, supporting both PW1500G and PW1900G engines. The repair is expected to be fully industrialized between 2026 and 2028. The latest repair developments follow ITP Aero delivering its first combustor for both engine programs in January 2026.
The Bilbao, Spain-based company, a risk-revenue-sharing partner in the GTF program, joined the engine’s aftermarket network in summer 2025 and has started building more in-house component repair capability in Madrid.
“We’re part of what’s really a very competitive network in the GTF-designated service provider network,” Alan Jones, EVP of MRO at ITP Aero told Aviation Week about the bidding process for some of the component-related work, which is allocated to network partner. “There’s about 30 to 40 different customers all vying for these network repairs.”
ITP Aero is industrializing at its facility in Madrid, where it is building a new facility and a test cell to accommodate GTF-related work and undertake full overhauls on the engines as well as back-shop repairs on the components. Jones expects the first GTF shop visit to happen in the Spanish capital either by March or April 2027.
Developing repairs at other ITP Aero-affiliated locations is also on the agenda. BP Aero, the Dallas-based MRO facility acquired by ITP Aero in 2024, plans to add a second facility by the end of 2026 in order to ramp up capacity to meet third-party repair demand, with engine parts MRO work being actively expanded.
The new 120,000 ft.2 building, located a short distance from BP Aero’s current site and close to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, will enable more advanced repair capabilities on its current portfolio of CFM, CF6, CF34 and GE90 engine components, as well as offer new capabilities in support of the growing demand on the GTF, as well as the CFM Leap and GE Aerospace-manufactured GEnx engines.
The facility will more than double the company’s current component repair footprint once fully operational. ITP Aero expects to add around 100 jobs at the facility supporting ITP Aero’s long-term industrial growth in the U.S.
Jones said ITP Aero is aiming to further diversify the BP Aero business, as it looks to establish more longer-term contracts with customers. “We’re trying to bring control into our own supply chain,” he said. “Winning more licensed work and insourcing more component repair gives us a chance to influence those turn times.”
In addition, Jones added that it is investing between $12 million-$13 million in machinery in both Dallas and Madrid. “We proactively invested in both facilities’ capacity and build the capability and in parallel secure the volume,” he said.
The company is also ramping up its workforce in Madrid as it works toward full GTF capability. “We’ve hired about 60 to 70 people in Madrid at the back end of last year,” Jones said. “We’ve got another 100 people being hired this year ... bringing them in and training them for about 12 months.”
ITP Aero’s late 2025 acquisition of Aero Norway, the Stavanger-based CFM56 and LEAP MRO specialist, has also furthered its footprint on the CFM engine programs. “To get on the CFM as a platform at a deeper level is important for us,” Jones said. “BP Aero undertakes lighter, customized workscopes such as hospital shop visits on these engines, while Aero Norway does full overhauls as well as customized workscopes. This will allow us to offer that end-to-end workscope solution.”
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