Aviation Week MRO

Kevin Wall, APOC’s senior vice president of business development for the Americas, talks about the company’s growth plans for the region and how it is tackling workforce and supply chain challenges.

The MRO is sharing actual part-transaction prices with ILS so it can improve estimates of fair market values for aircraft parts.

LATAM Airlines Brasil is now using augmented reality glasses to support maintenance at 20 bases in Brazil.

Spirit Airlines will open a maintenance hangar at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) that will eventually be staffed with more than 50 workers, the company said April 20.

The reality of today's supply and demand for MRO workforce.

LHT has signed an addendum to its long-term aftermarket sales agreement with AvAir that will offload an additional 9,000 parts.

The MRO software provider is rolling out several new digital products for paperless maintenance management.

An influx of North American airlines and MROs have adopted 8tree’s dentCHECK tool for aircraft damage mapping.

Confusion over the validity of E100 “New Article Inspection” forms are causing headaches for U.S.-based repair stations.

The U.S. domestic airline market carried 926 million passengers, of which roughly 165 million—almost 20%—took flights shorter than 450 mi. (the “regional market”) in 2019.

ITS has partnered with Landing Gear Technologies to provide landing gear solutions for Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft.

Viasat Gets Chinese Approval for IFC Installations on A320s The Civil Aviation Administration of China has awarded Viasat a validation of supplemental

Inactivity during the fleet’s year-plus grounding is leading to corrosion on Pratt & Whitey PW4000-series air/oil heat exchangers, prompting the FAA to mandate inspections before affected Boeing 777s return to service.

The Irish low-cost carrier has renewed ties for aircraft base maintenance with Joramco.

Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO of FL Technics, talks to James Pozzi about the impact of the Russian-led conflict in Ukraine on its operations and how establishing a new wheels and brakes business in Germany could signal the start of further expansion.

Portuguese airline recognized more than €1 billion of one-off costs, “most” of which were down to the closure of TAP M&E Brazil.

Aviation Week’s editorial team previews the upcoming MRO Americas 2022 event, highlighting trends they are expecting to see at the show as well as what’s new.

Spirit AeroSystems was part of Boeing for 76 years, in between stints with Stearman and its current run as an independent supplier.

Uncertainty over demand trends and new aircraft delivery schedules are among the factors continuing to suppress aircraft retirements, analysis from consultancy Naveo shows.

IFS has rolled out several updates to its IFS Cloud platform aimed at improving digital collaboration at MROs.

When JetBlue pitched last week’s surprise $3.6 billion bid for rival low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, it did not mention maintenance as part of the

U.S. Labor Department data shows that mechanics’ pay raises have not kept up with inflation during the pandemic.

A-Technics Gets Western-made Aircraft Approvals from FATA Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has granted A-Technics permission to perform

The relatively new engine will not command serious maintenance market for a few years yet.

Sonny Stern, chief commercial officer-aftermarket at Spirit AeroSystems, talks with Lee Ann Shay, Aviation Week’s executive editor MRO and business aviation, about plans to double Spirit’s aftermarket business in the next three years.