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Testia’s Smart UE1 inspection device is getting a variety of new capabilities to increase efficiency.

Top-tier manufacturers and suppliers are not banking on a quick commercial aftermarket rebound, financial figures and commentary from 2020 third-quarter (Q3) earnings calls underscore.

Three MRO luminaries received awards at Aviation Week Networks’ virtual MRO Transatlantic event on Oct. 28.

NLR says the robot will be able to move throughout a hangar and perform aircraft inspections just like human technicians.

Dutch startup Aiir Innovations is developing web-based capabilities so companies can access its artificial intelligence tech for borescope inspections from anywhere in the world.

China’s GDP grew 4.9% in the third quarter of 2020, after increasing 3.2% in the second quarter, dramatically better than the western economies still

How the airline industry emerges from the crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is unclear, but don’t expect the ecosystem to be the same. “The

The shared need between heavy maintenance providers and their customers to survive the pandemic-driven downturn could foster more long-term agreements that give both sides the certainty they crave, industry executives say.

The surplus parts sector’s importance will increase as cost-conscious airlines navigate their way through the pandemic-induced downturn, but the

Cebu Air, the parent company for Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific, and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) have terminated two joint ventures in the Philippines, buying out each other’s shares in the Aviation Partnership (Philippines) Corporation (APPC) and SIA Engineering Philippines Corporation (SIAEP).

The aviation aftermarket is just in the first phase of a long adjustment to the virus crisis. Coming up in the long road back to health will probably

As the aviation industry tracks fleet status daily for signs of recovery, Wendy Sowers, Boeing’s director, commercial market forecasting and analysis

The MRO has introduced a digital training platform and virtual tours for customers to cope with COVID-19 travel restrictions and social distancing requirements.

Bridgestone Aircraft Tire Europe’s new easytrack app is designed to make tire tracking and health monitoring processes more efficient for airlines, MROs and wheel shops.

With aircraft grounded, engine shop visits being avoided and airlines cannibalizing parked equipment, the demand for spare engines is plumbing

At the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, workforce recruitment is going virtual—and opportunities abound at smaller maintenance providers.

Air Transat Picks Avianor for C Check Air Transat has selected Avianor to carry out a C check on one of its Airbus A330 aircraft. The airline notes

One of many uncertainties about how the engine aftermarket will develop over the next few years concerns the number of mid-life and older engines that

Caroline Vandedrinck, who became SR Technics' senior VP sales on Sept. 1, talks about engine services trends and the outlook for used serviceable

U.S.-based aftermarket inventory specialist AvAir has added more surplus materials to its inventory after partnering with Icelandair on a full asset

The virus crisis has blocked or delayed plenty of worthwhile digital initiatives at hard-pressed airlines and MROs, but some OEMs are going forward

Few portions of the aftermarket have been hit as hard as engine overhauls, with expensive repairs either completely unnecessary or increasingly

Sweden famously or infamously has imposed only light restrictions during the virus crisis, but appears to have gotten the virus under control. That

Together with MRO services provider MAUtechnic, UIA is using Luftronix drones to speed up aircraft structure inspections.

Given the acute demand-side stresses that COVID-19 has inflicted upon aviation, cybersecurity concerns may have dropped down some MRO companies’