Aviation Week MRO

By Henry Canaday
Next to airlines, engine MROs have probably been hit hardest by the virus crisis, as grounded jets have permitted massive deferments of expensive
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By Henry Canaday
African scheduled flights were down 69% from pre-crisis levels in May, according to mba Aviation, a sharp decline but not as deep a slump as in Europe
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By Alex Derber
Given the huge financial stresses of the COVID-19 crisis, one might expect environmental concerns to drop well down the agenda for aftermarket
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United Warns Maintenance Workers of Potential Furloughs United Airlines has warned 36,000 employees—including 5,500 maintenance workers—that they
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By James Pozzi
Large scale aircraft fleet groundings in the wake of COVID-19 contributed to a reduction in Rolls-Royce's engine flying hours by as much as 80% in the
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By Lee Ann Shay
Valerie Manning, Airbus senior VP customer support, provides a glimpse of how the OEM is working with customers through the pandemic and what’s its
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By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The companies are launching a variety of digital solutions related to providing better aircraft part sales insights and productivity.
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By Lindsay Bjerregaard
OEMs may seek out MRO partnerships—or their own piece of the pie—as they cope with lack of demand for new parts.
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By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The two aircraft will be equipped to handle a variety of medevac and troop transport configurations.
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By James Pozzi
Engine specialist MTU Aero Engines, parent group of MTU Maintenance, has announced plans to reduce its workforce in Germany and overseas from 10-15%
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By Henry Canaday
China’s domestic flights rebounded to about 8,000 per day over the weekend of July 4, up from about 2,000 per day at the depth of the virus cutbacks
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By Alex Derber
GMF Aeroasia has posted a $31 million loss for the first three months of the year, compared with a $3 million profit in the prior-year period. Hit by
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By Jonas Murby
AeroDynamic Advisory believes COVID-19 has accentuated a second wave of retirements, but paradoxically bought OEMs some time to adapt.
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Meggitt Singapore Facility Expands Repair Capabilities Meggitt has received authority approval to repair more than 80 new part numbers at its recently
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By Henry Canaday
The potential gains of predictive maintenance are clear, and the basic concept fairly straightforward: use data to detect failures ahead of time
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By James Pozzi
The engine division of GA Telesis has opened a new aircraft engine hospital shop in Helsinki to service demand in Europe from airlines and lessors for
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By Henry Canaday
Sometimes a crisis forces you to do things very differently, and sometimes it accelerates changes that should have happened anyway. Magnetic MRO, like
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By Henry Canaday
There is nothing like cheap feedstock and booming demand, even if it is in a niche market, to boost cargo conversions. Cargo capacity is short now
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By James Pozzi
Independent maintenance provider Heston MRO is pressing ahead with its plans for new capabilities despite sizeable disruptions related to COVID-19 and
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By Alex Derber
It has been a turbulent few weeks for the world’s largest MRO provider, Lufthansa Technik (LHT), as a vital government-backed financing package for
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By Henry Canaday
As most MROs are seeing empty production lines, laying off staff and trying to conserve cash, it’s heartening to see one that is actually launching a
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By James Pozzi
Following its relocation from the UK to Estonia at the start of 2020 to remain within the European Union (EU), MAC Aero Interiors has received
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By Alex Derber
This week saw another major European carrier secure billions of euros of government-backed support as KLM followed Air France and Lufthansa in
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Emirates Modifies 777 Cabins Emirates has introduced additional cargo capacity by using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with seats removed from the economy
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By Henry Canaday
Europe’s total daily flights in early June were still down 84% from pre-crisis levels, according to mba Aviation. Only Latin America showed so deep
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