AAR Corp. is seeing strong demand for both airframe maintenance and parts, but executives are keeping an eye on broader economic variables that could create headwinds for airlines, and by extension, the aftermarket.
AAR Corp. is confident that its growing partnership with drag reduction kit developer Aero Design Labs (ADL) will prove lucrative as Boeing 737 operators sign up for the new kits and similar fuel-saving products are rolled out.
Turkish Airlines’ MRO arm Turkish Technic has selected Singapore’s ST Engineering to provide component maintenance by the hour (MBH) for the carrier’s Boeing 787 fleet.
The aviation ecosystem should get smarter by leveraging data from different systems. Jennifer Schopfer, Collins Aerospace president of connected aviation solutions, talks with Lee Ann Shay, Aviation Week’s executive editor MRO and business aviation, about steps to make this happen.
The updated forecast, part of Boeing’s latest Commercial Market Outlook, sees commercial aviation services generating $3.6 trillion in sales over the next 20 years.