Aviation Week MRO

By Henry Canaday
India applied some of the most severe virus-retarding restrictions to both aviation and its economy generally.
MRO

By Alex Derber
With coronavirus taking an increasing toll in Brazil, the country’s airlines have had to follow their peers around the world and ground progressively more aircraft.
MRO

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The climbing robot will enable airlines and MROs to detect aircraft damage remotely through non-destructive testing data.
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By Henry Canaday
The decision last autumn of GECAS and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to launch a Boeing 777-300ERSF passenger-to-freighter conversion program is
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By Lee Ann Shay
Airlines are positioned to save $1.75 billion in MRO costs between now and 2022 by tapping engines on idled aircraft instead of sending powerplants in
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By Henry Canaday
Grounding aircraft when bookings collapsed for fear of coronavirus was a painful but easy decision for airlines. Now come the hard decisions, as
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
China Southern Airlines is planning to raise CNY16 billion ($2.2 billion) by issuing convertible bonds, mainly for the acquisition of aircraft.
MRO

A roundup of aviation aftermarket news from the week of May 10-16, 2020.
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Anca Mihalache, VP Engine Trading at APOC Aviation, has been fielding questions from customers and lessors about the engine market, which has switched
MRO

By James Pozzi
The advent of 3D printing is a concept that has been increasingly deployed in the MRO industry in the past five years, albeit at a considerably slower
MRO

By Alex Derber
As owners of their equipment, lessors are a part of the aviation industry with much to gain from data analysis.
MRO

By Henry Canaday
Europe’s domestic commercial flights are down 90% from January 1 to April 30, according to Radarbox. The traffic decrease due to COVID-19 hit Magnetic
MRO

By James Pozzi
The past 20 years have seen the narrowbody engine segment dominated by two models, but in the latter parts of the second decade, their successor
MRO

By Sean Broderick
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada expanded its “simplified package freighter” conversion program to its legacy Dash 8s, announcing Transport Canada approval and a launch customer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Dave Lange of FedEx Express talks with Lee Ann Shay about changes in cargo operations, including flying international charter relief missions, during
MRO

By Henry Canaday
Air cargo markets are under stress because the collapse in passenger flights with belly cargo leaves a shortage of cargo capacity even with plunging
MRO

By Lee Ann Shay
Dave Lange of FedEx Express talks with Lee Ann Shay about changes in cargo operations, including flying international charter relief missions, during

By Chen Chuanren
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) has remained profitable, even as mass aircraft groundings and disruptions plague the Singapore air hub amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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By Sean Broderick
A jump in retirements of older passenger aircraft linked to the coronavirus pandemic will boost not just legacy conversion programs such as the Boeing 767, but also emerging ones, including the Airbus A321, Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) president Rich Corrado said.
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By James Pozzi
In the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Eirtech Aviation Services CEO Niall Cunningham talks to James Pozzi about how the company has adjusted
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By James Pozzi
Two U.S.-based aftermarket companies are to merge and operate as one entity after the completion of a dual acquisition facilitated by investment
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By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Although airlines may start poaching grounded aircraft for USM, older narrowbodies and cargo aircraft provide hopeful prospects.
MRO Americas

By Henry Canaday
India has put in place some of the most severe economic, travel and aviation restrictions in the world to combat coronavirus. The strictness has
MRO

By Alex Derber
Leased engines could be more attractive to cash conscious airlines operating in a post-COVID-19 world.
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20 years ago, the widebody engine fleet was dominated by the CF6, but due to newer programs entering into service, that has changed over two decades
MRO Americas