Aircraft & Propulsion

Latvian airline airBaltic will begin constructing a new maintenance hangar at Riga Airport next year and is eyeing Airbus A220-300 heavy maintenance

China's HNA Group and Boeing will work together to improve maintenance on the Boeing 737NG, according to local reports. The OEM will help the Chinese

United Airlines has become the newest user of Lufthansa Technik’s open-source data-sharing platform Aviatar which will enable it access to digital

Long considered to be a widebody workhorse, Rolls-Royce’s Trent 700 could yet ride out the crisis enveloping the large engine market.

Europe’s commercial aftermarket was heavily impacted in the wake of last year’s COVID-19 crisis, and while the development of working vaccines has

U.S. lessor BBAM has placed a firm order for six more Boeing 737-800 Converted Freighters (737-800BCFs), with options on a further six, increasing its commitment to 15 of the type.

Canada’s Conair Group, which describes itself as operating the world’s largest privately owned fixed-wing fleet of firefighting aircraft, has bought 11 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft for conversion to firefighting aircraft.

How Southwest Airlines MRO is preparing its aircraft for the expected traffic rebound.

The market is growing quickly for both narrowbody and widebody passenger-to-freighter conversions.

In the past 10 months, part sales and prices are down substantially due to the Covid-19 virus crisis. Questions persist about when will restocking

With a background primarily in helicopter and aircraft asset management, Monaco-based Blueberry Aviation has entered a cooperation with partners to

MTU Maintenance has signed an agreement with fledgling Pakistan-based carrier Air Sial for MRO services on six V2500 engines powering its fleet of

Final year-end figures show just 157 Boeing airliners were delivered in 2020, compared to 380 in 2019—revealing the full impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged grounding of the 737 MAX on the company’s commercial business.

Mexico-based line maintenance specialist Aviation Integrated Services Group (AISG) is to grow its network of stations after entering a strategic

ST Engineering has been appointed by Honeywell to provide component MRO and warranty repair services to all Asia-Pacific operators for its components

Even during the virus crisis, MROs and aftermarket companies in the right businesses have remained attractive partners to private-equity investors. U

The future of the commercial turboprop aircraft segment is expected to be robust for operators and the aftermarket alike with a steady recovery

As a new year begins, the commercial aftermarket’s recovery remains sluggish with the COVID-19 crisis continuing to hamper global air travel. Jonas

French aerospace manufacturer Safran has started 2021 under new leadership in the guise of Olivier Andries, who replaces former chief executive

Towards the end of December 2020, Russian MRO provider S7 Technics carried out its first A check on a Red Wings’ Sukhoi Superjet 100 at Moscow’s

APOC Aviation has opened a new warehouse facility in Singapore and is planning more global hubs as demand grows for narrowbody spares.

With new vaccines providing both hope and clarity for aviation, a number of aftermarket M&A deals closed toward the end of 2020, according to Jonathan

CDB Aviation’s foray into freighter conversions with partner EFW is not likely to grow beyond the Airbus A330 platform, but CEO Pat Hannigan is leaving the door cracked.

Demand for used serviceable material (USM) is starting to rise as cost-conscious operators seek to leverage the sudden availability of material from retired aircraft during the COVID-19 pandemic, AAR Corp. CEO John Holmes said.

Air Salvage International has seen a dramatic increase in aircraft arriving for storage without end of life contracts attached, but part-out decisions could take some time.