Aircraft & Propulsion

Spirit AeroSystems, its diversification efforts struggling as two major acquisitions remain in limbo, announced a smaller move to bolster its strategy via an aftermarket support partnership with Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT).

Boeing and Safran successfully completed flight tests of passive noise reduction fairings developed by Safran as part of the latest phase of its long-running ecoDemonstrator program.

MRO providers in Asia are not seeing customers move their maintenance bookings forward, despite fleets being largely grounded because of the pandemic.

Aviation Week discusses the future of Safran and the propulsion industry with CEO Philippe Petitcolin.

It could be more than five years before engine shop visits return to pre-pandemic levels, but recovery could be quicker for higher-efficiency and cargo aircraft platforms.

Ask the Editors: MRO activity is down due to the outbreak of COVID-19, but the military segment has been spared the brunt of the blow.

Aircraft engines MRO providers are forecasted to lose $1.5 billion in revenue as airlines turn to green time engines from parked aircraft amid the pandemic to preserve cash.

The U.S. airframer said the conversion lines had been launched to meet strong demand in express traffic and e-commerce markets.

Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana recently resumed flights to Turkey and Germany, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on the central Asian

The virus crisis has been like no other crash in aviation markets. Short term, carriers have been drawing down inventories to conserve cash and

Following the rejigged purchase of AerSale by Monocle, corporate maneuvering in the aftermarket has continued with the merger of North Carolina-based

The engine OEM is using virtual reality and remote collaboration tools to train engine maintainers and inspectors more efficiently.

The coronavirus crisis has played havoc with merger and acquisition deals that were in the pipeline before the pandemic struck. In South Korea

Coming evolution toward electric and/or hydrogen propulsion for aircraft will create challenges as well as opportunities for MRO providers.

New and rapidly evolving engine technologies could imply big changes for MRO.

Monocle Acquisition Corp. and AerSale have agreed to a revised merger deal that is expected to see the combined, publicly traded company, AerSale Corp

The aerospace arm of ST Engineering is ramping up its Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) capabilities at its Guangzhou, China, and San Antonio, Texas, facilities as the MRO reacts to the demand for air cargo capacity resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.

With its large installed base, the CFM56 will generate engine MRO revenue for years to come.

The pandemic is driving faster adoption of digital supply chain management tools, as MROs and OEMs seek to minimize costs.

The virus crisis is having some very strong impacts on aviation companies in Singapore, a major aircraft maintenance center hit hard by the drastic

Lufthansa Technik will grow its global network of mobile engine services shops to five when it opens a new facility in Dublin next month. The five-bay

Analyzing the outlook for Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet program, including the aftermarket, and what the purchase of Bombardier’s CRJ program means for it.

How JAL Engineering is adjusting its maintenance operations to the COVID-19 pandemic while upgrading its capabilities.

Of several airlines to have entered administration this year, Virgin Australia may be among the first to exit after creditors approved its takeover by

U.S. carriers have recovered significant capacity since the May trough, and the recovery is starting to feed through to independent MROs. But the