How OEMS are upgrading lavoratories to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ask the Editors: Chinese military aircraft could benefit from Western engine technology, but there is a limit to what can be leveraged.

Europe’s Airbus A350-900 operators must conduct inspections at 2,300 flight cycles or within 50 cycles for engines that have hit the threshold for cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blade roots, a draft EASA airworthiness directive said.

CFM Leap 1B-related restrictions likely first in a series of mandates to ensure product is not used on aircraft engines.

Expect the GE CF34 to be an engine that will be around for a while and one that will not see many migrate to the desert.

Digital aircraft are bringing more demand for the right kind of technicians to repair them.

Initial drop of about 50% could be followed by prolonged and uneven climb back to prepandemic demand levels.

HIGHLIGHTS The Shifting Sands of Widebody MRO The desert around Alice Springs in Australia is becoming a little less desolate as Asian carriers begin…