Supply Chain

Abdol Moabery, president and CEO of GA Telesis, talks to James Pozzi about the company's new engine leasing business with two Japanese companies.

As aerospace manufacturing, supply chain and maintenance go more digital, these smart-factory solutions can help provide smoother operations.

The engine manufacturer's newly formed Collin Aerospace unit should see profits up in 2019.

Package B engines get 180-min. ETOPS limit unless blades have fewer than 1,000 cycles.

The grant will help the aerospace parts manufacturer as it grows its staff, facilities and capabilities to support new aircraft production ramp-up.

Consultancy says fleet renewal case strengthened due to operators of regional aircraft facing challenges around managing ageing fleets and their corresponding maintenance costs.

The facility is close to the engine specialist's Celma headquarters and is one of the largest aeronautical engine testing facilities in South America.

Brazing technology plays a crucial role in manufacturing tough aerospace components resistant to corrosion and high temperatures, and in development of new engines for hypersonic flight.

Through a series of component pooling arrangements, the carrier says it has also negated the impact of partially reduced availability of used and surplus parts.

Lab is working on additive metal production which is still in a mostly experimental stage for aircraft engines.

One of the measures proposed by the European Commission is extending the validity of type certificates by nine months.

The newly-formed company DFW Aviation hopes to provide a third-party alternative to OEMs for business and general aviation aftermarket support.

Of all structural elements on aircraft, carbon fiber materials have been the most arduous to recycle.

Interest in the MRO industry continued this week with StandardAero's re-purchase by The Carlyle Group and TAT's sale of Sabena technics.

Most, if not all of the CF6-powered aircraft will likely be converted to freighters with acquisitions set to begin next year.

Airframe manufacturing's big two have been growing their activities in China with new announcements in December.

Airbus finishes painting an All Nippon Airways A380 that included 520% more stencils that typical designs.

Expanded agreement will cover exchange and repairs for components on several Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

Aircraft and engine health-monitoring solutions are at the heart of predictive maintenance and the “on-condition” maintenance model.

TARA platform for electronic record keeping of full lifecycle data on aircraft and parts assets will use digital signatures, offer 3D models.

Etihad Airway Engineering’s long-term vision is to use additive manufacturing for most cabin interior parts.

Lessors own about half of the commercial aviation aircraft fleet, so is it a surprise their influence on PMA and digitized records is increasing?

The company says its latest acquisition of component repair specialist Avborne will fill gaps in its existing MRO capability.

Growing use of electric propulsion by aircraft is likely to affect MRO, but the details and extent are hard to predict.

Vincent Gröne, project manager at Satair, talks about the company’s work with additive manufacturing, including training, certification and printing of flying parts and tools.