The MRO Top 10: August 2020 Roundup

Airbus Develops COVID-19 Era MRO Offerings

Airbus has released a variety of new offerings aimed toward helping airline and MRO customers during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The solutions include a new app and capabilities for its Skywise data platform, a distance learning solution for maintenance courses and a medevac conversion for passenger aircraft catered toward transport of COVID-19 patients.

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Viewpoint: What Comes Next In The Aviation Aftermarket

Ten years ago, with a global recession fresh in memory, researchers asked a question: What distinguishes companies that flourish after a downturn? 

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The MRO Quiz: How Well Do You Know The Airbus A330?

In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic Airbus developed modifications for A330 and A350 family aircraft which enabled airlines to install freight pallets direct onto the cabin floor seat tracks. With airlines adapting to the new normal, how much do you know about the Airbus A330? 

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Opinion: Forget International Travel For A While?

We have become used to traveling freely in an open world, but with COVID-19, borders add a layer of uncertainty that may hamper aviation for years to come.

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MROs are investing in paperless strategies but another challenge lies in extending this across all facets of the industry.

Boeing Instructions Detail Some Required 737 MAX Work

Boeing’s detailed instructions for modifying 737 MAXs as part of the FAA’s planned requirements call for more than 200 work hrs. per aircraft, with most of the effort needed for addressing non-compliant wiring.

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Economics Drive PAS MRO’s Move To Oklahoma

Moving a company to a new location is rarely an easy task, especially when that move entails the uprooting of the business to somewhere nearly 1,500 miles away.

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How Many Stored Aircraft Will Return?

Alongside cargo operators, one of the very few beneficiaries of the current crisis is likely to be aircraft storage and disassembly centers.

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Airbus, Operators Study On-Aircraft Fume Anomalies

Airbus has launched a formal program to study onboard fume incidents and is developing an upgrade for the Airbus A320 environmental control system. A UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report told of an in-service incident that left a British Airways Airbus A320ceo first officer incapacitated following a nerve-jangling approach and landing at London Heathrow Airport.

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Podcast: Why Alice Springs Is Becoming Synonymous With Parked Asian Aircraft

Alice Springs, in central Australia, is where many Asia-Pacific aircraft are getting parked. When Tom Vincent opened Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage there in 2014 as the first purpose-built aircraft storage facility in Asia-Pacific, he didn’t predict anything like the pandemic occurring.

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As Airbus develops COVID-19 era MRO offerings and the push to go paperless increases, the industry asks, that comes next in the aviation aftermarket? Take a look at our roundup of the biggest stories in August.