Aircraft & Propulsion

Ted Colbert, CEO of Boeing Global Services, spoke with Lee Ann Shay on March 4 at Boeing’s Chicago headquarters about how he’s adjusting to the job that he started in October and how he’s navigating today’s very dynamic business environment.

Alitalia’s MRO division says it will focus on heavy maintenance work for its in-house fleet of aircraft in the absence of third-party repair work while the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic plays out.

Constant Aviation, a Cleveland-based maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist, says concern over the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of inquiries from business and commercial operators over applications of a specially developed anti-microbial protection treatment for aircraft interiors.

India’s Ministry of Finance has announced a series of tax reforms targeting growth in its domestic MRO industry.

As the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the global aviation industry, German giant MTU Aero Engines, parent company of MTU Maintenance, has revealed some of the measures implemented to negate some of its effects.

Boeing has formally joined the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) at Cranfield University in the UK and will participate in project areas such as digital maintenance repair and operations once it commences from summer 2020.

As the coronavirus spreads and airlines ground more aircraft, many will use the opportunity to conduct maintenance and refurbishment work.

Despite major cuts that remind most of the post-9/11 environment, there is optimism that the COVID-19 recovery could be quicker.

The reasons for Brexit have been debated to a standstill, but of all the causes proffered, nobody posited that what the UK really wanted was the freedom to set its own aviation regulation.

Asta Zirlyte, CEO of Heston MRO, talks with Lee Ann Shay during MRO Australasia in Brisbane about where the independent line maintenance provider is heading. Heston acquired Aircraft Maintenance Services Australia from SIA Engineering in 2018 and rebranded the business.

Mainland Chinese air traffic may still be reeling from coronavirus, but Taiwan has a plucky new startup, Starlux Airlines, that has big plans for growth.

Engine maintenance is a costly business, so much so that struggling Kenya Airways has been forced to tap state coffers to fund scheduled overhauls for the CF34-10 engines powering its Embraer 190 aircraft.

The privatization of Air India has proved to be a tortuous process, with few investors willing to take on a debt-laden flag carrier riddled with inefficiencies.

Christophe Clarenc of Bangkok Airways talks about the carrier’s ambitions to insource more MRO work while evaluating predictive maintenance.

Government funding to play a key role as industry looks to apply electric propulsion technology to larger aircraft.

Domestic players such as Rex and Heston MRO are looking to launch or expand heavy maintenance services.

From trade tensions to the COVID-19 coronavirus, how Western aftermarket companies are navigating business in China.

As the A380 is phased out, related MRO will continue but decline steadily over the next decade.

American Airlines major maintenance base investment tops MRO news this month.

Despite recent events, the outlook for the aviation industry is still mostly positive.

Dubai-based Aeras Aviation is seeing an increase in teardowns for CFM56s and V2500-A5s, says spokesperson Persia Rana.

Lufthansa Technik will collaborate with Safran Landing Gear Systems on Airbus A380 landing gear repairs at sites in London and Singapore.

The collapse of regional carrier Flybe saw another UK-based airline bite the dust, but administrators EY confirmed that its MRO affiliate Flybe Aviation Services will continue operating.

Despite having a handful of key suppliers in China, Rolls-Royce has reported zero impact on its supply chain from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

AerSale’s aircraft operations in Goodyear, Arizona, and Roswell, New Mexico, are seeing a significant increase in demand for aircraft storage and