Supply Chain

Boeing is looking for the lowest sustainable production rate for its suppliers so they are still there to ramp up someday.

Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.

To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.

Ask the Editors: After pandemic-related financial woes, a scrapped Embraer deal and hefty layoffs, Boeing will require years to recover.

Chinese MRO provider Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Gameco) broke ground on its component and composite repair centers on Wednesday (June

India’s decision to restart limited domestic passenger airline operations on May 25 is beginning to encourage the aircraft maintenance industry. The

While many MRO providers have started to furlough, lay-off or short-time workers, the full impact of the crisis is yet to be felt, with many analysts

Tommy Hughes, VAS Aero Services CEO, talks with Lee Ann Shay about the state of the spare parts market and used serviceable material in this Fast 5.

PTC says digital trends such as augmented reality, Internet of Things and predictive data analytics have become even more valuable during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

An expected surge in used serviceable materials (USM) poses a risk to new-parts sales, but structural fundamentals in global fleets and customer preference should limit the downside for many parts suppliers even as opportunities for used-parts specialists increase.

As additive manufacturing helps the aerospace supply chain, 3D-printing innovations could benefit traceability and next-gen aircraft.

How Ryanair is adjusting its MRO strategy to deal with fleet grounding and post-COVID-19 recovery.

The current airline traffic downturn may provide opportunities for MRO improvements.

Commercial aftermarket revenues are on track to fall 50% in the second quarter (Q2), in line with an industry consensus that has global airline activity slowly increasing after hitting bottom in April, two new surveys show.

Lurking beneath the surface are enormous supply chain risks that extend well beyond supplier viability and attrition.

As this new decade begins, 2020 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the burgeoning space tourism industry. A report issued by UBS, the

Ask the Editors: Instead of the mature horizontal model of today’s engine market, electric propulsion has been vertically integrated.

Ask the Editors: Anything that lowers trip costs is a benefit to carriers right now, with a predicted shift to lower-capacity aircraft.

Among major trends COVID-19 is expected to spur in A&D manufacturing is the big will gobble up others or take back more work.

Airlines are positioned to save $1.75 billion in MRO costs between now and 2022 by tapping engines on idled aircraft instead of sending powerplants in

Ask the Editors: With availability of Fed-backed private sector funding, large aerospace companies are unlikely to rely on CARES Act.

Surplus parts will be available, but will airlines simply use their own?

Europe’s domestic commercial flights are down 90% from January 1 to April 30, according to Radarbox. The traffic decrease due to COVID-19 hit Magnetic

Ask the Editors: As airlines gain more leverage with lessors on aircraft maintenance, use of such parts may increase.

The COVID-19 crisis has caused work to dry up for Australian MRO, and many are forced to scale back dramatically and stand down staff.