Safety, Ops & Regulation

Embraer established AOG teams that it dispatches 75% of the time within 4 hours of the call. Frank Stevens, Embraer VP global MRO centers, explains how on the sidelines of MRO Middle East in Dubai.

The FAA is tightening its oversight of Southwest Airlines and plans to implement 11 recommendations made in a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) audit that concluded the agency’s surveillance of the Dallas-based carrier did not follow its regulations.

On Capitol Hill, industry stakeholders highlight the need for modernizing aviation maintenance curriculum as a key barrier in filling empty AMT positions.

When will blockchain take off in the aviation aftermarket?

NTSB recommends addressing wire chafing, improperly installed pitch-trim switches.

ARSA seeks revision of FAA documentation rules to help MRO shops.

Using data to flag engine reliability issues is a promising tool for predictive analytics, but the ongoing probe into a GE Aviation GE90 engine failure shows how precise analysis can help isolate engines for checks linked to airworthiness issues.

Now that Brexit happened, what does this mean for aviation and aircraft aftermarkets? Wait and see, according to Robert Ricketts, a UK-based solicitor

While Avianca Airlines is restructuring, the MRO is healthy and has reached its 2025 business goals already, so it is considering growth options—and

A new mandate to de-pair high-time Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s related to unexplained engine compressor surge issues is not expected to lead to more Boeing 787 groundings, the manufacturer said.

Operating leases are moving toward covering half of commercial aircraft. Anything that makes this lease market more flexible and efficient is a clear

The ongoing probe into the October 2019 failure of a GE Aviation GE90-115B on a Thai Airways 777-300ER prompted GE to recommend immediate removal of

Low-cost startups often begin with older aircraft to minimize investment. But older aircraft are maintenance-hungry and can limit programs. So

Rega’s smartphone app for marking the location of callers has been downloaded more than 1.3 million times since its launch in 2011.

The takeaway from all this is landing on contaminated runways, at night, in instrument conditions requires an exact knowledge of what to expect and when.

U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines has formally opened its new maintenance facility in Houston nearly two years to the day it announced the planned

American Airlines will start installing ADS-B In on more than 300 Airbus A321s.

Vincenzo Quaranta, head of marketing and sales for engineering and maintenance, discusses Alitalia’s MRO plans.

Two legislative initiatives about MRO show policy-making at its best, and worst.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken the next step in its revisions to instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) and

The FAA has been under intense scrutiny by U.S. lawmakers in view of the Boeing 737 MAX crisis and its link to product certification. But a recent

MRO spending worldwide is healthy, but creating capacity challenges.

New-generation aircraft and advances in IT will create opportunities and challenges for MRO.

A new Lithuanian MRO is in discussions with Israel Aerospace Industries to either partner or establish non-competing businesses at the same airport in

In the early 2000s several big U.S. carriers outsourced widebody base maintenance to MRO providers in Asia and as we enter a new decade it is worth