The supply chain for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is at the centre of a perfect storm of external and internal pressures, including the wider MRO capacity crunch, aviation’s staffing constraints, airliner and enginemaker production issues, and the effects of a parts scandal. How are MRO operators looking to resolve…
As the world of maintenance, repair and overhaul — MRO — evolves, so does the technology stack that supports it. At the forefront of incorporating new technologies, MRO houses and the wider industry are bringing everything from on-site additive manufacturing to cloud computing into their operations. “The challenges faced by…
Cargo airlines are one of the many niches within aviation requiring particular consideration, and the way these carriers maintain, repair and overhaul their aircraft is no different. To understand more of the unique ways in which cargo MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) works, we sat down with Constantin Zachrau, senior…
The way airlines decide where to undertake key parts of an airline’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) changed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in many ways knock-on effects continue. We sat down at HAECO headquarters with chief commercial officer Gerald Steinhoff to learn how the company balances…
As part of our forward look into the megatrends affecting the aviation industry in 2024, we’re turning our focus to maintenance, repair and overhaul. For a strategic overview, we sat down with senior leaders at the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), an MRO trade body, and the Independent Aircraft Modifier…
With growing pressure from a variety of drivers on MRO staff resources and expertise, and in the context of growing digitalisation of MRO processes, drone-based hangar inspections are arriving into workshops as a technological solution to a tricky problem. To learn more about how drone inspections work, how the technology…
Digital twinning is one of aviation’s success stories, with the industry reaping the benefits of having been at the forefront of this technology. But what is it at its technological core, and what are the new elements emerging as digital twinning evolves? We sat down with Julie Shainock, Microsoft’s global…
Our Marketplace Spotlight is designed to not only help our partners help you understand what they do – but also enable you to make well-considered commercial decisions. Today we hear from Jasdeep Khara, who is the Sales & Business Development Lead at software vendor Augmenteed. The company prides itself on…
Korean hybrid airline Air Premia, with its fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, is a new kind of carrier offering a growing network of flights within Asia and across the Pacific. But how does a new airline, and one without a wider airline group family to lean on, keep its aircraft…
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