Aircraft & Propulsion

New electrical heaters will be added to existing component repair specialisms.

Price escalation is hitting various line replaceable units, rotables, consumables, expendables and parts sent out for repair.

TAP Group will close its Maintenance and Engineering Brazil (TAP ME) operations as part of a restructuring plan approved by the European Commission (EC) on Dec. 21, 2021.

Certain technical and redelivery conditions may limit how passenger airframes can be modified.

Genesys Aerosystems, formed from the management buyout of Chelton Flight Systems and S-TEC Corp., from Cobham Avionics in 2014, is ramping up

Aviation Week’s Aero Engines Europe attendees discuss how they see the MRO industry progressing in 2022.

Airlines, MROs and OEMs share lessons learned from parking aircraft during the pandemic.

Locations established at airports in Liverpool and Doncaster.

Czech Airlines Technics is adding new customer agreements and capabilities at Prague Airport.

Push to keep the fleet flying economically prompts partnerships.

The airline says its decision to add 737 MAXs to its fleet was partially influenced by aftermarket-related benefits brought by new aircraft.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the Q1 2022.

Netherlands’ Twente Airport is changing paths to embrace the evolving aviation landscape.

Taby Air Maintenance has started its first cargo conversion of a Saab 2000 turboprop for a U.S.-based lessor.

Three major Chinese MROs finished the year with new capacity, capabilities and business.

Predicting future scenarios in the aviation industry has proved a thankless task in recent years.

The independent MRO is acquiring boutique asset management company PTS Aviation.

How the maintenance unit of Spanish airline Iberia is looking at new investments to grow its business.

The newest COVID-19 wave is not altering commercial customers’ maintenance plans, though any sustained rise in travel restrictions could hamper its

The blossoming e-commerce market combined with a general shortage of air cargo capacity is driving a surge in freighter conversions, and no platform is benefiting more in terms of raw numbers than the Boeing 737-800.

KLM and Qantas will both use the Airbus A320neo family to replace their Boeing 737NG fleets.

The aircraft maker has extended the C check maintenance interval for all its aircraft from 5,000 to 8,000 flight hours.

Southwest Airlines plans to grow its fleet by about 85 aircraft in 2022, but its order-book flexibility and plethora of older aircraft it could park gives it flexibility to increase or decrease the figure based on market conditions, company executives said.

The engine OEM says engine MRO has recovered quicker than it expected, but it is preparing for supply chain disruptions moving forward.

EASA has granted regional aircraft manufacturer ATR approval to significantly extend the intervals between C-Checks for its turboprops.