The MA60 twin-turboprop transport aircraft is a stretched version of the Xian Y7-200A, in turn a variation on the Antonov An-24. Accommodation can be provided for 52-60 passengers. The aircraft is powered by two 2,750-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127J engines. Initial flight and delivery of the MA60 took place in 2000. A freighter version, called the MA60-500, is also marketed. In May 2010, a new variant, the MA600, was awarded certification by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

The A318 is a twin-engine, 107-132-passenger narrowbody jetliner. First flight occurred in January 2002. In May 2003, the A318 (with CFM56 engines) was certificated by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA); this was followed by FAA certification in June and deliveries began in July. The A318 is powered by two 21,600-23,800-lb.-thrust turbofan engines, either the CFM56-5B or the Pratt & Whitney PW6000. Primary competition includes the Embraer 190 and 195 and Bombardier CSeries.

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The An-124 is a four-engine, intercontinental-range, heavy-lift cargo transport, while the An-225 is a six-engine, heavy-lift jet designed to carry the Soviet shuttle orbiter Buran. Initial flight of a production An-124 prototype took place in 1982, and commercial operation began in 1986. The An-124 is powered by four Ivchenko-Progress D-18T turbofan engines, while the An-225 is powered by six. Fifty-five An-124s and one An-225 have been produced.

Tangible proof is finally emerging that the FAA is back on course with one of its most crucial—and most troubled—air traffic control programs. While government watchdogs caution that plenty could still go wrong with the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) effort, its accomplishments are at last beginning to outweigh the red flags.

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The projected three-year market for heavy maintenance visits (HMV) and C checks on Airbus A330-series widebodies is among the smaller of those tracked for major airframes, but it remains attractive at just more than $1 billion, split nearly evenly between -200 and -300 models and concentrated among a handful of carriers.

You can't manage what you can't measure. That dictum is repeated so often, that you may tune it out. But performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPI) are a critical component to a lean MRO or Six Sigma initiative.