Aircraft & Propulsion

Despite a more than 50% expected drop in MRO spend this year, analysts expect the market to rebound and continue robust growth.

MRO providers adjust work and priorities to respond to COVID-19 crisis worldwide.

While demand for business and military MRO remains strong, commercial and component MRO are seeing major disruptions.

A growing number of airlines are asking for payment deferrals in an effort to preserve liquidity.

The 2019 landscape of strained overhaul capacity and OEM partnerships has reversed since the novel coronavirus outbreak grounded a large portion of the global aircraft fleet.

Certificated repair stations located on airports are among the U.S. aviation contractors eligible for payroll support established by the COVID-19 pandemic relief act, the U.S. Treasury confirmed, but the department has not weighed in on off-airport shops.

Demand for aircraft storage services is splitting about 50% for short-term, 50% for long-term storage.

The commercial aircraft fleet has grown exponentially over the past two decades. Using Aviation Week fleet data, we illustrate how this has happened by aircraft type.

King Aerospace, an MRO for military/government and VVIP/corporate aircraft, was founded in 1992 by Jerry King. His son Jarid, who now serves as

Boeing has tapped Mark Jenks to lead a new Airplane Programs organization that the company expects to ensure both consistency and efficiency throughout its core commercial aircraft production efforts—one of several changes announced by the company’s leadership aimed at aligning similar businesses.

Fast-growing Asian carriers are not used to grounding jets, and most of the Asia-Pacific region does not have, like the western U.S., vast dry deserts

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The commercial aftermarket could see a 50% decline in year-over-year sales during the 2020 second quarter before beginning what will likely be a long

As the airframers go, so goes the aircraft engine industry.

Haeco Cabin Solutions, responding to a surge in cargo demand as passenger-aircraft belly capacity has been reduced during the coronavirus pandemic, is fast-tracking development of several products designed for carrying freight in passenger cabins.

Independent MRO providers and engine lessors have a tougher time in the widebody engine aftermarket than they do with narrowbody powerplants, both

The FAA plans to require Boeing 737 MAX operators to replace a poorly designed engine-access door component with an updated version.

Coronavirus relief act to pump much-needed cash to specific industry sectors.

Top executives from a variety of aviation aftermarket companies from around the world share their viewpoints about the industry’s evolution.

The major trends that shaped the aviation aftermarket over the past 25 years also provide clues to where it’s going.

Structural health monitors could be the most efficient way to inspect airframes but are not being readily implemented.

Fewer flights, new security protocols, a smaller labor force and more consolidation likely lie ahead.

Twenty-five years ago, an event happened that would forever change the aviation aftermarket industry.

With thousands of commercial aircraft in idle condition or in short- or longer-term storage due to the COVID-19 crisis, airlines and MROs are being forced to adapt their workflows to keep aircraft in healthy condition indefinitely until operations can begin returning to normal.

Growth in the parts repair segment is expected to be stunted by the novel coronavirus pandemic but component MRO specialists believe demand will remain in specific areas of the market.