The Top 10 Roundup From MRO TransAtlantic

October 30, 2020

Engine Lessors Face Manpower Squeeze

With aircraft grounded, engine shop visits being avoided and airlines cannibalizing parked equipment, the demand for spare engines is plumbing historic lows.

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Podcast: Boeing Perspective On Outlook For Aftermarket

As the aviation industry tracks fleet status daily for signs of recovery, Wendy Sowers, Boeing’s director, commercial market forecasting and analysis, talks with Aviation Week’s Lee Ann Shay about commercial aviation trends, what aftermarket segments should recover first (and last) and predictions for what the MRO market could look like post-pandemic.

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Airline Ecosystem Faces Major Changes, Challenges

How the airline industry emerges from the crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is unclear, but don’t expect the ecosystem to be the same. 

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Gallery: COVID-19 Drives Innovations at Delta Air Lines and its Subsidiaries

A look at how Delta and its TechOps, Flight Products and Material Services groups have adapted to COVID-19 challenges.

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American Airlines President On Next Steps

American Airlines is balancing short-term needs to keep its operation running with activities to position it for the future.

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Cost-Cutting, Fleet Trends Will Change Surplus-Parts Market

The surplus parts sector’s importance will increase as cost-conscious airlines navigate their way through the pandemic-induced downturn, but the dramatic shift in fleet utilization will likely alter the used-parts landscape.

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Assessing Phantom Overhauls

One of many uncertainties about how the engine aftermarket will develop over the next few years concerns the number of mid-life and older engines that will undergo another shop visit.

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AI For Engine Borescope Inspections Goes Remote

Dutch startup Aiir Innovations is adapting its automated borescope inspection products to meet customer needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is working to expand its offerings so customers can access its artificial intelligence (AI) insights about borescope inspections online in light of travel restrictions and social distancing.

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Fast 5: Outlook For Upcoming Engine Services

Caroline Vandedrinck, who became SR Technics' senior VP sales on Sept. 1, talks about engine services trends and the outlook for used serviceable materials.

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Gallery: Europe By MRO Spend

From the engine giant Rolls Royce in the UK to Europe's biggest aircraft leasing community in Ireland, take a look at the top 10 countries in Europe by MRO spend from 2021 through to 2030.

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In the new world of virtual events, MRO TransAtlantic combined two of Aviation Week's shows: MRO Americas and MRO Europe to allow the industry to connect and deep dive into critical discussion points following the coronavirus pandemic fallout. Take a look at our content roundup from the virtual event.