Aircraft & Propulsion

Debates about how to reduce aviation’s climate change impact tend to focus on new fuels and propulsion technologies – or simply on reducing the amount

GE Aviation sees engine shop visits climbing 30% year-over-year from the 2021 second quarter on, as utilization continues to rise particularly among the narrowbody fleet, the company said.

Rheinland Air Service sees opportunity in ATR maintenance.

With each new generation of aircraft, manufacturers tend to promise lower maintenance costs. They point to factors such as longer intervals between

AerFin has added the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to its portfolio for the first time and will place parts and materials from the aircraft into its

Mike Bianco, CEO of U.S.-based aftermarket inventory specialist AvAir, talks about some of the company's inventory acquisitions over the past year and

Regulations have proven effective, while manufacturers’ processes are evolving.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MRO provider Aviatic to establish a maintenance facility in

The $30 billion merger of lessor leaders Aercap and GECAS will be the biggest in aviation history, creating a combined entity that owns or manages

After more than 30 years of service, the V2500 engine endures despite pandemic-driven fleet changes.

A March 11 session of the 2021 Annual Conference of the U.S.’s Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) provided a full view of the challenges

Following a 43% drop in engine services revenue from 2019 to 2020, Rolls-Royce expects shop visit numbers to drop again this year. The engine OEM

As advanced air mobility gets closer to becoming a reality, aviation is turning its focus toward building up the ecosystem needed to operate and maintain eVTOLs.

China-based MRO provider FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering (FL ARI) has received Part 145 approval from the country’s regulator to conduct

For the first time since the COVID pandemic hit populations, economies and aviation, global air cargo demand has actually returned to pre-COVID levels

As vaccinations pick up across the U.S., airlines are taking steps to prepare for a snapback in demand—whenever that may happen.

Battery shops and providers are advancing capabilities with lower-maintenance products and offerings to meet new pandemic-driven demand.

CFM partner Safran expects its engine shop visits to rise roughly 15% in 2021, chief executive Olivier Andries said on a recent earnings call. Andries

Lufthansa Technik was hit by the coronavirus fallout across its global operations in 2020, with demand declines in its core market of Europe proving

Boeing’s 737 MAX program recovery is hitting its marks as airlines work more of the narrowbody twins back into fleets and deliveries ramp up, but the macro demand picture likely will not support the company’s current production-rate outlook, a Canaccord Genuity analysis said.

Planning new partnerships in the post-COVID-19 landscape, SriLankan is looking to evolve its maintenance business.

Airline maintenance needs fell along with demand for passenger flights, with the drop in internal revenue outpacing that generated by third-party work.

COVID-19 threatened to slow down India's aftermarket ambitions but domestic MROs are seeing a long-term route to recovery. Anand Baskar, CEO of Air Works, talks about where it is seeing repair opportunities and how the industry can benefit from Indian government support strategies.

Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering has inducted its first Airbus A320 for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion.

Jet Maintenance Solutions (Jet MS), a provider of base and line maintenance services for business and regional aircraft, has announced the acquisition