LONDON—Canadian MRO and interiors specialist Avianor is growing its digital portfolio to help customers find alternate interior parts more easily.
The company launched a new cabin modification digital marketplace at MRO Europe in October 2025, and since then, the platform has been expanding its inventory and gaining customer traction.
Marie-Christine Huberdeau, vice president of sales for Avianor’s interior solutions division, says the company has an inventory of around 13,000 part numbers—many from aircraft teardowns—that help support its cabin integration and retrofit work. She says Avianor found that existing aftermarket parts marketplaces were “too part number driven,” despite the fact that many cabin interior parts are quite similar—some even just boiling down to different colors. Avianor says an overreliance on part numbers can result in spotty availability and long lead times.
“Our engineers wanted to develop a platform that allowed engineering companies to build their [bill of materials], find alternate products and use what’s out there on the market,” she tells Aviation Week. “We want to open [customers’] minds to understand that maybe there’s an alternate part number that will do the trick. Maybe it’s not a good color, but it’s exactly what they need, and we can paint it, transform it, certify it and ship it.”
The company conducted a full inventory of its parts and categorized them digitally at the beginning of 2025 to build out the digital marketplace. The platform allows procurement and cabin modification technical teams to search interior parts, request quotes and connect with Avianor for personalized support. Parts are categorized on the platform using several factors, including manufacturer, model, part number and usage. If a specific part is unavailable, Avianor says it can assist in parts sourcing, propose alternative parts or design new ones.
“What we offer is more of a solution-driven alternative. If you need a [passenger service unit] with two reading lights, here are your options,” says Nicolas Vincent, cabin spares business manager at Avianor. “It’s good for MROs because you follow the [aircraft maintenance manual] and [illustrated parts catalog], but when you’re creating your new design through a new certification, you have more options, and you can cut costs and lead time using something like this.”
Avianor has now added more than 3,000 parts to the free platform, and the company continues to increase this number every month. It also plans to start listing other companies’ inventories on the platform, with a focus on parts that can be changed through cabin modification.
A representative for Avianor says the marketplace has so far generated significant interest and traffic, noting that “we are continuously working on improving the technical assistance, the shopping experience and properly assisting the serious buyers.”
Avianor’s headquarters at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport include a 40,000 ft.2 warehouse, an Airbus A220 center of excellence with four maintenance bays, a widebody hangar with three maintenance bays, and various back shops for manufacturing, seats, composites, foam, paint, assembly, avionics, and cutting and sewing.
While the company’s airline and lessor customers keep it busy, according to Huberdeau, its “shops can accommodate and help other engineering companies.”
Avianor also was recently selected to be the cabin integrator of a major Boeing 777 retrofit program for an undisclosed customer.
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