MRO Americas 2025

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
New hiring and training trends seek to solve the aftermarket industry’s issues with retention and inexperience.
Workforce & Training

Brett Levanto
There were plenty of signs at MRO Americas 2025 leading the way to aviation's future.
Workforce & Training

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about ATC for DCA, wing-in-ground-effect performance and naming the F-47. Plus: Behind the Scenes at MRO Americas and MALMS.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Matthew Fulco, Steve Trimble, Lindsay Bjerregaard, Lee Ann Shay, James Pozzi, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
The new Trump tariffs and trade wars could indelibly alter the global aerospace and defense industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
FL Technics CEO Zilvinas Lapinskas shares additional details about the company’s upcoming MRO facility in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
MRO

By Alex Derber
Delta Material Services is tearing down a former EgyptAir Airbus A220-300.
Small Narrowbody Jets

Robert Cooney
Robert Cooney, Delta Air Lines’ director fleet engineering, delivered these opening remarks April 8 at Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Republic Airways is the first airline to implement Collins Aerospace’s Ascentia Repeaters application.
MRO Americas

Hon. John J. Goglia gave his closing remarks during the awards ceremony for the annual Aerospace Maintenance Council Competition at MRO Americas.
MRO Americas

Airbus in the Americas CEO Robin Hayes shares thoughts on the aftermarket and current industry constraints.
MRO Americas

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Southwest Airlines Team Herb and Tarrant County College won the Aerospace Maintenance Council’s Competition for the second year in a row.
MRO

By Michael Bruno
A “chess move” by Howmet invoking force majeure touches off a familiar round of what-ifs.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton
Airlines, lessors, and MRO providers find themselves in a “wait and see” position amid the unknowns surrounding newly announced U.S. tariffs.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
The Spanish company is making a play to grow its footprint in the commercial aftermarket.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways is advancing its adoption of new technologies while proceeding through a multi-year plan to return to profitability.
MRO Americas

By James Pozzi
OEM, airline and parts specialists voiced their concerns about the uncertainties of U.S. trade policy.
Supply Chain

By Jeremy Kariuki
With a different approach to materials and construction, Expliseat's Jean Francois Tessier showcased the company's lightweight TiSeat 2X airline seating solution.
MRO Americas

By James Pozzi, Lindsay Bjerregaard, Lee Ann Shay, Daniel Williams
Listen in as editors and analysts talk tariffs, engine ramp-ups, parts nuances, artificial intelligence and juniority. Recorded live at MRO Americas in Atlanta.
MRO Podcast

Safran Landing Systems and Spirit Airlines renewed their total support agreement for wheels and carbon brakes for the airline's A320-family aircraft.
MRO Americas

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Used serviceable material providers consider how U.S. tariffs—and moving goalposts—could create headaches for the sector.
Supply Chain

By Wesley Charnock
MRO industry leaders encourage shifts in company culture to help bridge the "juniority" gap of inexperienced technicians.
Workforce & Training

By Christine Boynton
Industry stakeholders suggest AI could help with the shortage in skilled talent in the MRO sector.
MRO Americas

By James Pozzi
MTU Maintenance plans to add new capabilities for the CFM International Leap and GE Aerospace GEnx engines at its business in Texas.
MRO Americas

By Lee Ann Shay
Aviation Week Network and Airlines for Americas recognize outstanding achievement in MRO with annual awards.
MRO

By Joe Anselmo
JetZero is projecting a 30% reduction in the amount of time its in-development blended-wing body aircraft would need to be taken out of service for maintenance.
MRO Americas