Aircraft & Propulsion

CFM wins top awards in the third annual Air Transport Aftermarket Customer Satisfaction Survey, done cooperatively between Inside MRO, Air Transport World, and AeroDynamic Advisory.

Keeping air and water out of aircraft fuel tanks is imperative—but is getting trickier to do for a number of reasons.

Several widebody stalwarts are set to exit the global fleet post-COVID-19, but it is the relatively young Airbus A380 which could see a wave of anticipated retirements brought forward.

How WestJet is protecting aircraft from hail damage with hockey puck board and using its new operations control center to improve on-time performance.

The two aircraft will be equipped to handle a variety of medevac and troop transport configurations.

What the CEO of one of commercial aviation’s largest MRO providers is seeing in the market and his predictions for the future.

Engine specialist MTU Aero Engines, parent group of MTU Maintenance, has announced plans to reduce its workforce in Germany and overseas from 10-15%

Most airlines in the region want to defer deliveries due this year, and early widebody retirements are also planned.

China’s domestic flights rebounded to about 8,000 per day over the weekend of July 4, up from about 2,000 per day at the depth of the virus cutbacks

AeroDynamic Advisory believes COVID-19 has accentuated a second wave of retirements, but paradoxically bought OEMs some time to adapt.

The engine division of GA Telesis has opened a new aircraft engine hospital shop in Helsinki to service demand in Europe from airlines and lessors for

Sometimes a crisis forces you to do things very differently, and sometimes it accelerates changes that should have happened anyway. Magnetic MRO, like

There is nothing like cheap feedstock and booming demand, even if it is in a niche market, to boost cargo conversions. Cargo capacity is short now

Independent maintenance provider Heston MRO is pressing ahead with its plans for new capabilities despite sizeable disruptions related to COVID-19 and

It has been a turbulent few weeks for the world’s largest MRO provider, Lufthansa Technik (LHT), as a vital government-backed financing package for

As most MROs are seeing empty production lines, laying off staff and trying to conserve cash, it’s heartening to see one that is actually launching a

Following its relocation from the UK to Estonia at the start of 2020 to remain within the European Union (EU), MAC Aero Interiors has received

This week saw another major European carrier secure billions of euros of government-backed support as KLM followed Air France and Lufthansa in

Europe’s total daily flights in early June were still down 84% from pre-crisis levels, according to mba Aviation. Only Latin America showed so deep

Daniel Koechler, general manager of North American Aerospace Industries Corp., a provider of aircraft recycling solutions, and its affiliate, Aircraft

Qantas Airways has unveiled a three-year strategy to prepare for a slow airline industry recovery, including cutting 6,000 workers, storing or retiring larger widebody airliners, and raising A$1.9 billion ($1.3 billion) in new equity to fund its plans.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep global fleets grounded, one MRO reports a significant increase in its engine preservation business. “We are

Chinese MRO provider Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Gameco) broke ground on its component and composite repair centers on Wednesday (June

India’s decision to restart limited domestic passenger airline operations on May 25 is beginning to encourage the aircraft maintenance industry. The

The collaboration will use flight data and aircraft insights to predict ideal timing for tire replacement.