Aircraft & Propulsion

The decision last autumn of GECAS and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to launch a Boeing 777-300ERSF passenger-to-freighter conversion program is

Airlines are positioned to save $1.75 billion in MRO costs between now and 2022 by tapping engines on idled aircraft instead of sending powerplants in

Grounding aircraft when bookings collapsed for fear of coronavirus was a painful but easy decision for airlines. Now come the hard decisions, as

Anca Mihalache, VP Engine Trading at APOC Aviation, has been fielding questions from customers and lessors about the engine market, which has switched

As owners of their equipment, lessors are a part of the aviation industry with much to gain from data analysis.

Surplus parts will be available, but will airlines simply use their own?

Specialist aircraft-finance consultancy IBA has forecast that 7.5% of the world’s narrowbodies and 30% of widebodies could be prematurely withdrawn from service over the next 20 months, creating a 2,500-aircraft oversupply.

Ask the Editors: As airlines gain more leverage with lessors on aircraft maintenance, use of such parts may increase.

The past 20 years have seen the narrowbody engine segment dominated by two models, but in the latter parts of the second decade, their successor

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada expanded its “simplified package freighter” conversion program to its legacy Dash 8s, announcing Transport Canada approval and a launch customer.

The COVID-19 crisis has caused work to dry up for Australian MRO, and many are forced to scale back dramatically and stand down staff.

Air cargo markets are under stress because the collapse in passenger flights with belly cargo leaves a shortage of cargo capacity even with plunging

In the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Eirtech Aviation Services CEO Niall Cunningham talks to James Pozzi about how the company has adjusted

Two U.S.-based aftermarket companies are to merge and operate as one entity after the completion of a dual acquisition facilitated by investment

Although airlines may start poaching grounded aircraft for USM, older narrowbodies and cargo aircraft provide hopeful prospects.

India has put in place some of the most severe economic, travel and aviation restrictions in the world to combat coronavirus. The strictness has

Leased engines could be more attractive to cash conscious airlines operating in a post-COVID-19 world.

20 years ago, the widebody engine fleet was dominated by the CF6, but due to newer programs entering into service, that has changed over two decades

The MRO is working on supplemental type certificates to convert all major commercial aircraft types into auxiliary freighters.

According to official figures, Russia has not been much affected by coronavirus so far, with only eight deaths per million reported by April 30

In just a matter of months, the outbreak of COVID-19 has likely reshaped the commercial aviation industry for years to come. As it stands, more than

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the engine overhaul segment was as strong as any vertical market in commercial aviation.

Over the past 20 years, the CFM56 and V2500 have dominated the narrowbody engine segment while the widebody fleet has been defined by the rise of the

Although the recent breakup of the Embraer-Boeing commercial aviation JV was not a favorable outcome for the Brazilian manufacturer, prospects for the

How MRO providers are adapting to the pandemic and beyond, and learning from the experience.