Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Air cargo leasing specialist Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) sees the Airbus A321 and A330 platforms as ideal complements and key contributors to future growth, even as the Boeing 767 remains the company’s flagship fleet type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Revenue for the commercial aerospace segment of Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering weakened during the first half (H1) of 2021 as its MRO and aerostructures and systems components underperformed.
Maintenance & Training

By James Pozzi
The agreement, which will last for seven years, involves StandardAero repairing the engine type from its facility in Winnipeg, Canada.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
The commercial aviation fleet continues to expand as domestic traffic picks up and transborder travel increases.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing booked 14 net orders in July and delivered 22 737 MAXs, keeping momentum going in two key areas—positive monthly transactions and clearing out its backlog of undelivered narrowbodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
Among the most adversely impacted segments of the commercial aftermarket during COVID-19 was engine maintenance. This was primarily attributed to the
MRO

By Alex Derber
How a flurry of fresh airline startups could impact on the aftermarket.
MRO

By Henry Canaday
MTU Aero Engines is seeing clearer skies ahead after a reasonablby strong repair business in the first half of 2021. In the first half of this year
MRO

By Sean Broderick
Copa Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 737s with Honeywell’s air separation module (ASM), becoming the first announced customer for the fuel tank safety system component.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
The joys of traveling, and not traveling.
MRO

By Alex Derber
How Pratt & Whitney is capitalizing on geared turbofan maintenance and its strong positioning for the post-pandemic market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
MTU Maintenance Canada has completed its move across the province of British Columbia to a new facility in Delta which will increase its capacity by
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
Juniper plans to build a portfolio valued at about $600 million within five years consisting of 20-25 freighters, depending on the mix of narrowbodies and widebodies.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
New agreement will kick in from August 2022 for a period of five years.
MRO

By Sean Broderick
A mandatory, repetitive test to validate that Boeing 737 thrust reverser sensors are working can cause the systems to malfunction.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
AvAir continues to build its Airbus A320 family parts inventory through its latest deal with IAI.
Supply Chain

By Henry Canaday
The development of drone inspection programs disrupted by the pandemic but companies now realigning focus.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
This year’s EAA AirVenture show included a unique look at MRO, an urban air mobility milestone and a personal first for one Aviation Week editor.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
MRO provider HAECO Xiamen has completed its first Boeing 737-800SF freighter conversion, handing over the aircraft to lessor BlackRock Aviation Holdings III LP.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
An uptick in commercial activity helped Boeing Global Services (BGS) boost revenues 10% sequentially last quarter and has the company bullish on short-term aftermarket prospects as travel demand continues to rise in key markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) is aiming to make headway with restructuring talks at maintenance subsidiary SAA Technical before the end of August, while
MRO

By Sean Broderick
Steady increases in key metrics including departures and spare parts sales have GE executives confident that its aviation services unit is headed in the right direction and original equipment (OE) sales are poised to follow as aircraft production rates increase, company executives said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Aftermarket providers are purchasing fewer used parts than at any time since the global traffic downturn started in early 2020, a sign that the aircraft-retirement stalemate is affecting used serviceable material (USM) supply, a Canaccord Genuity analysis found.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Government measures and an increase in traffic at Changi Airport helped Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) return to profit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
Following United Airlines’ massive June order for 270 Boeing and Airbus narrowbodies, the U.S. carrier’s focus for now is clearly on the single-aisle
MRO