Spare parts supply represents an especially large part of aviation business. According to Oliver Wyman consultancy agency, the global aviation industry spends more than $5 billion annually to replenish and maintain an insurance policy against the inevitable failure of component parts alone. For airlines, this translates to a collective balance sheet item of $19 billion. At the same time, although [...]
FL Technics Training, a global provider of aviation technical training services, is delighted to announce further expansion of its EASA Part 147 certificate by supplementing it with a new Embraer ERJ-190 type training. Following the successful certification process, FL Technics Training is now qualified to provide aviation specialists with Embraer ERJ-190 series (GE CF34) B1.1 and B2 (sub-) categories aircraft [...]
Baltic Ground Services, an international ground handling and aircraft fuelling provider, announces about a significant expansion of its client portfolio in Poland. Starting January 1st the company is providing fuel supply services to 6 new clients – Turkish Airlines, Wizz Air Hungary, Wizz Air Ukraine, SAS, TAP Portugal and Travel Service. The carriers’ flights will be supported at Warsaw Chopin [...]
It is no secret that crew-related costs typically represent 10-20% of an airline’s cost structure – as much, if not more, than any other cost bucket, except fuel, at least before its recent drop in costs. Naturally, reducing the size of cockpit crews for commercial aircraft has been a topic of theoretical discussion among aerospace industry representatives for many years [...]
FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for business aviation, is delighted to announce the start of cooperation with its first customer from India – B. G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. Under the recently signed agreement, FL Technics Jets will support the customer’s business jet fleet with various spare parts and components supply [...]
During the last few years, the aviation industry in Latin America has been subject to impressive growth rates. Currently operating a total of nearly 1 600 aircraft, Latin American airline fleets have expanded substantially during the last years, and are expected to grow by another thousand aircraft in another decade, TeamSAI projects. However, while new aircraft and constantly rising demand [...]
Whether it’s composite materials, complex avionics or new engines – each new technology introduced into aviation brings in widely different MRO demands. Naturally, with the nearing introduction of new generation aircraft, the demand for solutions that enable data handling to ensure efficiency of maintenance operations increases accordingly. However, choosing the appropriate solution for such a need still remains a matter [...]
In the scope of both civil and military aviation, the global helicopter market is set to maintain the tenacious growth it has been experiencing for the past several years. A recent report by Frost & Sullivan says the global helicopter market is expected to reach a market size of nearly 24 000 platforms by 2020. The key factors contributing to [...]
