India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation plans to hire nearly 200 new staff members to address a significant labor shortage.

Ethiopian Airlines has opened three new maintenance facilities in Addis Ababa.

As the CFM56 and V2500 families matured, their reliability allowed operators to lease fewer spare engines to cover for scheduled and unforeseen maintenance.

Russian airline group S7 is closing its subsidiary S7 Space, which had developed expertise in repairing the high-pressure compressor blades in CFM56 engines.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the impact of PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) engine issues on Airbus A320neo family, A220, and Embraer E2 family aircraft.

Ryanair is negotiating final plans for new in-house engine MRO shops and boosting its spare engine fleet.

A new $15 million training facility will provide more capacity to prepare Ohio high school students for aviation and maintenance, repair and overhaul careers.

MTU Aero Engines pointed to improvements in the GTF engine situation and in the broader supply chain, confirming its recently hiked outlook for the full year.