Shifts In Tariffs And Economic Factors Are Affecting MRO

Lee Ann Shay October 10, 2025

graphic, map, U.S. Flag, Tariffs Scabble tiles — Credit: Yau Ming Low/Alamy Stock Photo

The global and labor-intensive business of base maintenance is hardly immune to geopolitical and economic shifts. “In recent years, the global operating environment has been shaped by continuous disruption,” from the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 to the volatile U.S. tariffs rolled out by the...

Lee Ann Shay

As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week's coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.

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