Swaran Sidhu, easyJet’s head of fleet technical management, speaks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about the airline’s maintenance hangar in Berlin and managing the fleet during the pandemic in advance of his participation in the MRO Europe Conference on Oct. 19 in Amsterdam.
Phil Wardlaw, Virgin Atlantic’s VP engineering & maintenance, a speaker at the upcoming MRO Europe in Amsterdam, speaks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about what Virgin’s new A350 seats and the opening of transatlantic travel means to th
U.S. lawmakers eager to see the FAA wrap up a long-awaited rework of aviation technician education standards are pressuring the agency to meet its latest scheduled release date, which is months after the deadline set by law.
Chinese MRO provider Ameco has signed numerous maintenance services deals at the Zhuhai Airshow, including with Honeywell and Collins Aerospace to support Air China’s fleet.
A new nonprofit called Minorities In Aviation wants to solve the diversity gap by providing resources to youth while drawing attention to the root cause.
At this week's Zhuhai Airshow it was announced that GAMECO will be the first in China to provide 767-300BCF conversions and the only MRO provider to have both the 767-300BCF and 737-800BCF in its portfolio.
Some of the leading Asia-Pacific MRO organizations are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite the fact that their revenues have been dealt a significant blow over the past 18 months by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commercial business at AAR Corp. was up sequentially and year-over-year (YOY) last quarter, pointing to signs of increased airline activity filtering down to the company’s variety of services that range from selling parts to overhauling airframes.
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to accelerate the trend in the Asia-Pacific airline industry of maintenance outsourcing, according to some senior airline executives.
