Maintenance & Training

Flyadeal's CEO reports supply chain challenges, particularly in engine availability and buyer furnished equipment for aircraft.

GE Aerospace’s investment includes Leap and GE9X capabilities and capacity.

Airbus is adding new services and improvements to support Middle Eastern A350 operators.

Latin American MROs share predictions for how tariffs, immigration crackdowns, and drug and alcohol testing policies might impact the aftermarket.

Eighteen months on from Pratt & Whitney announcing that hundreds of GTF engines would have to be pulled from service to undergo enhanced inspections, airlines are still suffering.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary says the Irish ULCC lost one year of growth related to ongoing Boeing 737 MAX delivery delays.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary is offering a general outline for the Ireland-based ULCC’s next big MRO project.

The Panamanian flag carrier aims to start work on enlarging the three-bay facility by the end of 2025.

Airlines and operators extending the leases of narrowbody engine assets is leading to heavier maintenance workscopes at engine repair shops.

Thai airport operator Airports of Thailand is in the process of making Chiang Rai airport a new MRO center, with an eye on the Chinese market.

Lufthansa Aviation Training CEO Matthias Spohr sees increasing demand for pilot training within the Lufthansa Group and in growth areas like Asia and Africa.

Henok Teferra Shawl, Boeing Africa managing director, offers his insight of the liberalisation of Africa’s air transport market.

Ryanair has broken ground on a new, four-bay airframe maintenance hangar at Dublin Airport and may insource some engine overhauls.

Aviation is “in the stone age” of AI in engine maintenance, but its predictive capabilities can lead to major savings, panelists at Aero-Engines Americas said.

A place where people enjoy learning about aviation safety and get equipped to champion it: in Rwanda, the AviAssist Foundation and its partners are creating such a space for Africa’s aviation safety community.

The Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance will hold its first conference in September.

Riyadh Air has been awarded its operational certificate by General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), for its first advanced Boeing 787-9 RX7000 full flight simulator.

Riyadh Air has been awarded its operational certificate by General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), for its first advanced Boeing 787-9 RX7000 full flight simulator.

A shortage of new spare parts will continue to be the main challenge for operators of latest generation engines.

As the Trump administration considers more economic sanctions against Russia, the aerospace industry is advised to brace for difficulties in titanium supply.

The method’s instruction is based on the observation of risks in operations, making pilots better aware of their performance.

Safran has acquired U.S.-based Component Repair Technologies, reflecting its industrial strategy of providing a repair facility on each continent.

As evidence-based training (EBT) is becoming the norm, pilot unions see major benefits in the new approach.

ST Engineering has secured a five-year MRO contract to service the CFM International Leap 1B engines that power Korean Air's Boeing 737 MAX fleet.

The first Riyadh Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, featuring the airline’s pearl livery, landed at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh last week.