Aircraft & Propulsion

Battery shops and providers are advancing capabilities with lower-maintenance products and offerings to meet new pandemic-driven demand.

CFM partner Safran expects its engine shop visits to rise roughly 15% in 2021, chief executive Olivier Andries said on a recent earnings call. Andries

Lufthansa Technik was hit by the coronavirus fallout across its global operations in 2020, with demand declines in its core market of Europe proving

Boeing’s 737 MAX program recovery is hitting its marks as airlines work more of the narrowbody twins back into fleets and deliveries ramp up, but the macro demand picture likely will not support the company’s current production-rate outlook, a Canaccord Genuity analysis said.

Planning new partnerships in the post-COVID-19 landscape, SriLankan is looking to evolve its maintenance business.

Airline maintenance needs fell along with demand for passenger flights, with the drop in internal revenue outpacing that generated by third-party work.

COVID-19 threatened to slow down India's aftermarket ambitions but domestic MROs are seeing a long-term route to recovery. Anand Baskar, CEO of Air Works, talks about where it is seeing repair opportunities and how the industry can benefit from Indian government support strategies.

Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering has inducted its first Airbus A320 for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion.

Jet Maintenance Solutions (Jet MS), a provider of base and line maintenance services for business and regional aircraft, has announced the acquisition

Singapore-based SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has established a new engine MRO division initially providing quick turn shop visits and light

Boeing’s possible new aircraft could raise complicated questions for Airbus.

The virus crisis has been very tough on digital innovators throughout commercial aviation. Indeed, airlines slashed IT spending from nearly $50

Airline group IAG has noted a big drop in sales for subsidiary Iberia Maintenance. The parent of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus

ATS President and COO Paul Dolan talks about how the Everett, Washington-based MRO is handling the shifting airframe MRO, along with new customers.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is aiming for a total of 590 million airline passengers in 2021, 90% of the pre-COVID levels. It

As conventional turbofan engines brush up against the limits of what is possible regarding fuel efficiency, the next big improvement is likely to be

GTF engine retrofits and orders boost market recovery hopes for Pratt & Whitney.

There’s a lot more than missing belly capacity driving cargo conversions and freighter growth. Perhaps far more durably, the online sales boom is

Boeing’s struggles to get 787 deliveries back on track amid production issues and needed pre-delivery re-work are showing few signs of easing, executives with a key customer and major supplier suggest.

U.S. NTSB investigators determined metal fatigue is suspected as the reason a fan blade fractured just before an in-fight engine failure suffered by United Airl

In 2020 total airline debt increased about 40% to around $600 billion. Some of this is owed to banks and some to lessors, but most of the increase

Global Engine Maintenance (GEM) is to expand its CFM56 repair portfolio by adding services for the -5B variant from March. The Doral, Florida

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has reported results broadly in line with the pain felt by much of the MRO sector last year. In

The FAA plans to order stepped-up inspections of Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines like the one the failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 near Denver on Feb. 20.

Why MRO spending for the 787 is expected to remain robust over the coming decade.