Aviation Week MRO

By Henry Canaday
Asset Backed Securities (ABSs) for leasing aircraft have proven surprisingly resilient during the COVID crisis, but they still pose risks for MROs
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
AAR has hired its first all-female aircraft maintenance technician cohort in Miami, which will participate in a study to investigate how to attract women to MRO
Workforce & Training

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Inventory Locator Service (ILS) is adding new functionality and tools across its portfolio of digital supply chain solutions for the aviation aftermarket.
Supply Chain

By Alex Derber
One way for airframers to keeps costs down is to grant single-source supply agreements for components on the aircraft. The chosen supplier can then
MRO

By James Pozzi
While demand for many maintenance services has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, companies are readying themselves for better days.

Universal Avionics Receives FMS Solution STC Universal Avionics has received EASA STC approval of its high-performance SBAS-FMS (satellite-based
MRO

By Alex Derber
Sound lifecycle cost planning means assessing a huge range of technical operational and financial factors related to aircraft. For instance, a fleet
MRO

By Sean Broderick
Commercial aviation sales at AAR Corp. rose 7% sequentially in the company’s most recent fiscal quarter—an encouraging sign that the aftermarket is starting to recover, particularly in the U.S.
MRO

By Alex Derber
Debates about how to reduce aviation’s climate change impact tend to focus on new fuels and propulsion technologies – or simply on reducing the amount
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Delta Air Lines installed sensors on the WiFi antenna area of an aircraft to test structural health monitoring. Could this be a step toward moving airframe MRO to a more predictive maintenance model, similar to that used by engines?

By James Pozzi
Rheinland Air Service sees opportunity in ATR maintenance.
MRO

By Alex Derber
With each new generation of aircraft, manufacturers tend to promise lower maintenance costs. They point to factors such as longer intervals between
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Teledyne Certifies Air Quality Monitoring Solution Teledyne Controls has obtained FAA Supplemental Type Certification approval for installation of its
MRO

By James Pozzi
AerFin has added the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to its portfolio for the first time and will place parts and materials from the aircraft into its
MRO

By James Pozzi
Mike Bianco, CEO of U.S.-based aftermarket inventory specialist AvAir, talks about some of the company's inventory acquisitions over the past year and
MRO

By James Pozzi
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MRO provider Aviatic to establish a maintenance facility in
MRO

By Alex Derber
The $30 billion merger of lessor leaders Aercap and GECAS will be the biggest in aviation history, creating a combined entity that owns or manages
MRO

By James Pozzi
AJW forms partnership with MENA Aerospace for component support
MRO

By Henry Canaday
A March 11 session of the 2021 Annual Conference of the U.S.’s Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) provided a full view of the challenges
MRO

By Alex Derber
Following a 43% drop in engine services revenue from 2019 to 2020, Rolls-Royce expects shop visit numbers to drop again this year. The engine OEM
MRO

LHT and MasAir Sign Component Support Agreement Lufthansa Technik and Mexican carrier MasAir Cargo Airline have signed a comprehensive Total Component
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
As advanced air mobility gets closer to becoming a reality, aviation is turning its focus toward building up the ecosystem needed to operate and maintain eVTOLs.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
The metal additive manufacturing machine also has data advantages.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
IFS is rolling out a trio of new and enhanced maintenance tools to simplify work for MROs as part of its IFS Cloud platform launch.
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi
China-based MRO provider FL ARI Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering (FL ARI) has received Part 145 approval from the country’s regulator to conduct
MRO