Aircraft & Propulsion

Aircraft retirements have risen 29% through October 2026, but Aviation Week data shows the full-year rate will likely stay below historical norms.

DAE Engineering’s Joramco MRO will keep underperforming until Middle East tensions fully resolve, CEO Firoz Tarapore says.

Embraer’s Q3 services revenue rose 30% on PW1000G work and new MRO sites, with S&S margin up three points to 17%.

Wizz Air's CEO says Pratt & Whitney's GTF engine is outperforming CFM's Leap, as groundings ease and profits rise despite higher fuel costs.

Oman Air and Indonesia’s GMF AeroAsia have launched a joint venture to build Oman’s first MRO facility at Muscat International Airport under a 20-year concession.

FlyDubai is extending maintenance planning and securing spare engines early as Middle East MRO capacity struggles to match fast fleet growth.

DAE will finish its $9 billion Macquarie Air Finance integration by late November, targeting a 1,300-aircraft fleet within five years.

Adani Group has signaled plans to sign a deal with CFM or Pratt & Whitney within 18 months to build an engine MRO facility in India.

The Asia-Pacific narrowbody engine overhaul market equates to $50 billion demand from 2027-2036 with over 8,500 forecasted engine overhauls.

The global business aviation fleet is projected to grow to more than 41,000 aircraft by 2036 while MRO demand will rise at a faster rate, according to the 2027 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast.

Engine MRO providers face mounting pressure from rising maintenance demand, workforce shortages, supply chain disruption and limited shop capacity. Join IFS experts as they explore how these capabilities can help retain critical workforce knowledge, streamline maintenance processes and unlock capacity across engine MRO operations.

Chad Cundiff, CEO, of the Blackhawk Group talks about the pressure on airframes and engines, as flying hours grow faster than the fleet, and the specialist care they need.

Europe’s business aviation fleet is forecast to grow to nearly 5,500 aircraft by 2036, outpacing the global growth rate, Aviation Week finds.

CFM56 still leads the global narrowbody engine fleet in 2027, but CFM Leap deliveries are rising fast, Aviation Week forecasts.

The formal launch of a long-planned A350 component support joint venture with Airbus is a “major structural milestone” in Air France-KLM Group’s aftermarket strategy, group CEO Ben Smith said.

Aviation Week assesses the volume of heavy checks being outsourced in Australia and New Zealand.

Willis Lease Finance has reported flat aircraft retirements, a record $84 million lease revenue and tripled maintenance business revenue in Q3.

The IATP has added seven airlines, including Titan and YTO, to boost shared maintenance, parts and aircraft-on-ground support networks.

Kenya Airways Technical Director Gilbert Bett discusses the airline’s efforts to increase in-house maintenance capabilities.

FTAI is conducting more sale/leaseback transactions as customers seek to add cash infusions to their guaranteed asset availability arrangements.

Qantas Airways has reached a deal to sell most of its Boeing 737-800 fleet, which is due to be phased out as new Airbus narrowbodies are delivered.

How parts shortages, workforce constraints and geopolitical disruption are altering Asia-Pacific’s maintenance strategies.

Aviation Week's new 2027 Commercial Fleet & MRO Forecast projects that nearly 40% of commercial aircraft deliveries over the next decade will happen in Asia.

One year after the UPS MD-11 crash, FedEx and Western Global's trijet freighter fleets have shrunk by half amid retirements.

SkyWest remains in the process of converting the first two Bombardier CRJ-200s into CRJ-450s for United Airlines, expecting the variant to enter service by year’s end.