As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week's coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.
She won the World Leadership Forum’s Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in 2009 (propulsion category) and in 2002 (maintenance category), and has been a finalist in other years. In 2017, Lee Ann won the Aerospace Media Awards' Best Future Tech submission.
She holds a B.A. in English and political science from Luther College and an M.A. in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.
The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., Ltd. (HAECO) has added Dragonair to its list of principal customers because Cathay Pacific Airways' buyout of the regional airline eliminated the need for Dragonair's maintenance unit. Cathay Pacific Airways owns 25% of HAECO, and its parent company Swire Pacific, 28%.
Pemco Aviation Group said it is trying to lease the former US airways maintenance hangar at Tampa International Airport for its commercial aircraft maintenance and modification services division, Pemco World Air Services. The announcement trails an earlier statement that Pemco plans to sell this division to Sun Capital Partners for $43 million.
British Airways selected International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants for its eight new Airbus A320 aircraft and awarded IAE a long-term maintenance agreement. CFM and IAE both competed for the engine contract. British Airways is scheduled to receive the new A320s between 2008 and 2010. The carrier operates 67 short-haul Airbus aircraft--V2500 engines power 58 of them and CFM engines power the other nine. -Leeann Tegtmeier
