Aviation Week MRO

A snapshot of recent discussions with UK-based MRO providers.

Air New Zealand is reactivating some of its parked Boeing 777-300ERs, as it looks to boost its long-haul capacity.

The companies’ Next-Generation Air Transportable Galley Lavatories add newer technology and components to simplify repair needs.

The new facility will add capacity to the MRO provider’s squeezed network in Manila.

2Excel Engineering will service the new generation narrowbody from its facility in Lasham.

Commercial aircraft retirements remain below expectations as airlines seek maximum fleet flexibility amid several lingering uncertainties.

How the global commercial aircraft fleet will look from this year through to 2031 factoring in firm orders, new aircraft deliveries and retirements

AeroDynamic Advisory on the outlook for aviation’s supply chain as it struggles with geopolitical issues in Eastern Europe and China.

Emirates Engineering is beginning preparation and trial runs to retrofit the passenger cabins of a large portion of its A380 and 777 aircraft.

Outsourcing maintenance, new technology, and better pay and recruitment strategies could ease America’s MRO workforce crunch.

StandardAero is now approved to provide engine MRO for customers in Argentina and Chile—and it may look to expand further throughout South America.

ST Engineering says it will be the first MRO provider in Asia-Pacific to integrate Calspan ASE's data-acquisition control system.

As maintenance activity picks up around the world, so is demand for the parts needed to support it. Yet all segments of the parts market—new, used and

DHL Express has received its first Boeing 777F, which will be operated by Singapore Airlines (SIA) from Changi Airport, beginning a four-year partnership that will also see SIA provide maintenance for the aircraft.

The new Fort Worth, Texas-based MRO is already performing PTF work for Mammoth Freighters.

As the peak mid-year travel period winds down amid threats of economic recession in many major markets, some airline-industry watchers are growing concerned that big-picture demand trends are shaping up as near-term threats.

Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico is benefiting from its location, workforce pipeline and wage rates.

Qantas intends to refresh and grow its domestic freighter fleet with the acquisition of six more Airbus A321s.

With new funding secured and new maintenance contracts in place, UK-based MRO Caerdav is looking forward. In this podcast, James Pozzi details how its chairman and owner, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and company CEO Joachim Jones are planning for the next steps of its future.

The widebody aircraft were reactivated by the airline which cited a quicker than expected return in demand.

Lufthansa Technik is ramping up training programs to pre-pandemic numbers and deploying new recruiting methods to meet growing workforce demand.

The Japanese investment company will have a 51% share of the Werner Aero.

The Belgium-based maintenance provider had previously been owned on a 50-50 joint venture basis between the two parties.

Rolls-Royce remains confident that a steady uptick in flying hours across its civil-engine portfolio will translate into year-over-year growth in total shop visits, the company said.

Airlines are testing the use of Taqtile’s Manifest AR platform to help experienced technicians more quickly and easily pass down knowledge to new workforce.