Aviation Week MRO

Latin America’s commercial air transport fleet includes 2,300 aircraft and its MRO market demand should be $4 billion in 2019, according to Alton Aviation’s Jonathan Berger, who unveiled his Top 10 list for the region.

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

While passengers rarely use onboard emergency equipment (thankfully), safety enhancements are ongoing.

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

Expanding use of delegations, such as Organization Designation Authorization, help to make the industry more efficient and less dependent on the regulator.

Safety agency says abusive grinding could have been avoided if the MRO had conducted a Barkhausen inspection instead.

Good news from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s safety report.

An amendment to a European Aviation Safety Agency rule could require repair stations to amend their manuals.

ARSA suggests alternate solution for maintenance organizations battling current maintenance data requirement.

Aeromexico, GOL and Rolls-Royce among the companies making MRO news this month.

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.

The next tool to lower aircraft lifecycle costs could be quantum computing, according to Airbus.

The German MRO and the GE Aviation-Fadec International joint venture link up for 25 years.

Construction of the 150,000-pound thrust capacity test cell was completed earlier this month.

GE, Siemens and Lufthansa Technik are some of the companies focusing on new technique for boosting reliability.

Thales seeks more stable relationships, in China and will likely extend support footprint.

Canadian ultra low-cost carrier is to reconsider its maintenance strategy when 10 of its Boeing 737-800s are flying from Spring 2019.

Newly introduced engine work will eventually add $1 billion in annual revenue.

Engine giant is relying heavily on its global MRO network and local training center based in Hyderabad.

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

On the sidelines of Aviation Week’s MRO Latin America event in Cancun Mexico, Jesus Navarro Parada, Mexicana MRO’s CEO, talks about the MRO’s new business that will start at the end of this month.

LHT says the fully-automated procedure is able to provide more consistent, reliable results than the human eye.

The low-cost Brazilian airline is changing its maintenance operation to prepare for external customers.